England v Sri Lanka 2nd Test – Statistical Highlights

England took an unbeatable lead of 2-0 in the 3-match series against Sri Lanka as they defeated the visitors by 9-wickets at Chester-Le-Street.

After electing to bat, England declared at 498/9 which was possible due to a brilliant 155* from Moeen Ali. Sri Lanka continued their horror show as they were bowled out for just 101 in their first innings are were asked to follow-on yet again. However, they fought hard with the bat this time and posted a total of 475 and avoided an innings defeat. England chased down the target losing only 1 wicket. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

0 – Number of five-wicket hauls Sri Lankan players have in Test cricket excluding Rangana Hearth, who has 23 five wicket hauls.

2 – Number of players batting at No.7 or lower who have scored 150+ in Test cricket for England in 2016. First time a team had two such scores in a calendar year.

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3 – Number of 5-wicket hauls James Anderson has taken in this series so far. He is the first England bowler to take 3 five-wicket hauls in a Test series since 2008.

3 – Number of fifty plus scores Angelo Mathews has scored while playing follow-on, most by any Sri Lankan.

7 – Number of players in Sri Lanka’s top 8 who scored 25+ in their 2nd innings. This is the first instance in Test cricket for Sri Lanka outside the sub-continent.

7 – In last 12 scores of 80+ by England batsmen in Test cricket, 7 of them ended in 80s. Only 5 could complete a century.

7 – Dinesh Chandimal became only the 7th wicketkeeper batsman to score a century while following-on.

10y 90d – Time taken by Alastair Cook since debut to complete 10,000 Test runs. He is the quickest to do so.

16y 250d – Time taken by Rangana Hearth since debut to complete 300 Test wickets. He is the 2nd slowest player to the mark after Lance Gibbs (17y 311d).

25 – Matches taken by Moeen Ali to complete 1000 runs and 50 wickets in Test cricket. Only 4 England players took fewer games for the feat.

31y 157d – Age at which Alastair Cook completed 10,000 Test runs. He is the youngest to do so.

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38 – Sri Lanka’s opening partnership in the 2nd innings of the Test. It is the highest for Sri Lanka in this series. Their opening stands in the 3 innings prior to it were 10, 10 and 10.

38y 70d – Age at which Rangana Hearth completed 300 Test wickets. He is the 2nd oldest player to the mark after Lance Gibbs (41y 75d).

155* – Moeen Ali’s 155* is the 4th highest score by an England batsman batting at No.7 or lower in Test cricket.

300 – Wickets taken by Rangana Hearth in Test cricket. He is the 3rd Sri Lankan, 2nd left-arm spinner and 30th player overall to take 300 wickets in the format.

311 – Run scored by Sri Lanka in their first 3 innings in this Test series. They scored 475 in 2nd innings of this 2nd Test.

397 – First innings deficit Sri Lanka overcame after being asked to follow-on to avoid innings defeat. This is the 3rd highest first innings deficit a team has over came in Test cricket.

451 – Wickets taken by James Anderson in Test cricket. He is the 3rd pacer and 6th player overall to take 450 wickets in the format.

1967 – Rangana Hearth became first visiting spinner in England to bowl first over of the innings since 1967. Mushtaq Mohammad was the last one to do so.

1994 – Only the 2nd time Sri Lanka were enforced to follow on in consecutive Tests. First and only time previously was in 1994 by India.

2002 – Last time England won 2 or more Tests in a series against Sri Lanka was way back in 2002.

3829 – Runs scored by Alastair Cook as captain in Test cricket, the most by an England skipper. He overhauled Michael Atherton (3815).

10042 – Runs scored by Alastair Cook in Test cricket. He is the 1st England player and 12th player in overall to complete 10,000 runs in the format.