Day 4

1904dAndrew Fidel Fernando

Woakes delight at team and personal gains

England Lions captain Chris Woakes has credited his team's preparation and their unrelenting focus on victory, for the 1-0 series win over Sri Lanka A.

Day 2

1904dAndrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Woakes and Tharanga share tons

Sri Lanka A's hopes of levelling the series diminished on Thursday, after England Lions had added a further 159 runs, but for Upul Tharanga and Suraj Randiv, the second day brought their possible return to the tips of the Test team

Day 1

1904dAndrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Woakes and Borthwick lift England Lions

A polished 83 from Varun Chopra laid the base for a busy, unbeaten 130-run stand between Chris Woakes and Scott Borthwick in the evening, as England Lions moved to a comfortable 302 for 5

Others

1904dAndrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Kerrigan starts out on path to redemption

So highly rated in county cricket but so emphatically embarrassed in his first Test at the Oval last year, Simon Kerrigan delivered an incisive spell in Colombo that may light his path to redemption.

Eng Lions 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st18SD RobsonAZ Lees
2nd45SD RobsonSG Borthwick
3rd19SD RobsonJWA Taylor
4th15SD RobsonJM Bairstow
5th26CR WoakesSD Robson
6th150V ChopraSD Robson