Sri Lanka vs England Match Stats

Shortish length ball outside off, left alone.

Works it with the turn, off the outer half, to backward point. They do not go for a single here.

Outside off, stabbed to the man at cover-point.

Full and on middle and leg, Dom defends it out with a straight bat.

Full and around off, defended back on the pitch.

A single here. Eases this fullish length ball to the right of sweeper cover and takes the only single in the over.

Gets on the front foot and pushes a full ball back. Perera runs to his right and stops the ball.

Forces a full ball down to long on and picks up a run.

FOUR! Boom! Buttler wants to finish it now. Too full and outside off, Jos shows his power as he dismisses it against the spin through wide mid off.

Now a single! Too full and outside off, Buttler goes hard at it this time and slices his drive through backward point for a run.

Flatter and middle, Sibley defends it from the back foot. Stays on 49!

Sibley is in no hurry! Tossed up delivery around middle and leg, Dom hangs back and plays it down to mid-wicket.

Turning away, outside the off pole, on a shortish length. Jos Buttler lets the ball complete its turn and stabs it to the point region.

Shorter length ball, outside off, this time he nurdles it wide of the man at backward point. Comes back for a couple as the deep point fielder runs and mops it up.

The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out.

Comes on the front foot and fends this one out.

Did not come back in enough there. Lasith Embuldeniya loops it outside off. It pitches and comes back in, only just though, not enough to trouble the batter to play at it and Jos Buttler chooses not to fiddle at that.

Fuller in length on the middle stump line, JB is watchful as he defends it back on the pitch.

Strides forward to a full ball and defends it back.

Loopy and full on middle, Dom works it on the leg side, finds short mid-wicket.

Full and floated on off, Sibley inside edges his attempted flick and it rolls towards leg slip.

FIFTY FOR DOM SIBLEY! His third in Test career and must be the most satisfying one. He gets there by nudging a delivery through square leg for a run. His teammates are up in the balcony. A knock of great character!

Gets back and flicks it on the leg side, finds the fielder.

Turn and bounce from around off, Buttler moves back and taps it down to backward square leg.

Fuller in length ball, on off and middle, a big stride forward to defend it back to the bowler.

Smart shot there from Dom. He was aware of the fact that there was no fielder at short fine leg. Paddles the fuller ball nicely through that region and picks up three as Suranga fields that.

FOUR! HAMMERED! Gets down to the loopy ball and nails his slog sweep through the mid-wicket carpet for a boundary. England are just one hit away from a win. So too is Buttler, from his fifty.

Loopy and on off, blocked.

Motors the fuller length delivery through the covers and picks up a single.

A single and just 3 more are required for the Englishmen here. Shortish length delivery around the off pole, Sibley clips it to the mid-wicket region and takes one.

Loopy and full on off, Sibley helps it towards square leg and steals a quick run.

Tossed up ball landing full around off, Buttler reverse sweeps it to deep backward point for a single. SCORES LEVEL!

ENGLAND WIN BY 6 WICKETS! Full and floated around middle, Sibley presses forward and flicks it through square leg for a run. Smiles in the English camp, they have done it!