20/06Result

2nd Investec Test, Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland at Leeds, Jun 20-24 2014

Sri LankaSri LankaSL
257 & 457
EnglandEnglandENG
365 & 249 (116.5 ov)

Sri Lanka won by 100 runs

Player of the Match

Angelo MathewsSri Lanka

20/06Result

2nd Investec Test, Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland at Leeds, Jun 20-24 2014

Sri LankaSri LankaSL
257 & 457
EnglandEnglandENG
365 & 249 (116.5 ov)

Sri Lanka won by 100 runs

Player of the Match

Angelo MathewsSri Lanka

Match Coverage

Third England tour brings back fond memories for Herath
Before Rangana Herath wrapped up Pakistan's second innings at Galle in his comeback Test in 2009, he was playing in the Staffordshire leagues
The beard that's feared
There's something about Moeen Ali's long, dark beard
A spellbinding micro-series culminating in a marvellous pile-on
Did England underestimate Sri Lanka's pace attack, or did the Sri Lankans bowl out of their skins?
Tend to Cook the batsman, before Cook the captain
Mike Selvey, in the Guardian, casts the magnifying glass on the captain Alastair Cook and suggests he might be trying too hard to change himself and the process if proving to be detrimental
Root provides Sri Lanka spark
As Sri Lanka sought a famous victory, Joe Root's words to Angelo Mathews were a pin prick that triggered an explosion

Still rising

5th

Alastair Cook has moved past Geoffrey Boycott on England's list of Test run-scorers. He is closing in on Kevin Pietersen

Leading by example

3/4

Angelo Mathews has scored three of his four Test centuries as captain

Exclusive club

4

Kumar Sangakkara becomes just the fourth player to score seven half-centuries (or more) in a row in Tests after Weekes, Flower and Chanderpaul

Sanga breaks new ground

300+

When he reached 13 in his second innings, Kumar Sangakkara became the first Sri Lanka batsman to score 300 runs in a Test series in England