| Test 1, 01st Dec 2007 - 05th Dec 2007 |
| Sri Lanka won the toss, elected to bat |
| Stadium | : | Asgiriya Stadium |
| Venue | : | Kandy |
| Umpires | : | Aleem Dar and Asad Rauf |
| TV Umpire | : | TH Wijewardene |
| Referee | : | JJ Crowe | | Result | : | SL won by 88 runs | | Man of the Match | : | K Sangakkara | |
| | Days | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | | Score | SL:188/10; Eng:49/1 | Eng:186/6 | Eng:281/10; SL:167/2 | SL:442/8d; Eng:9/1 | Eng:261/10 |
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Sri Lanka 188 / 10 (59.4) Overs
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| Players |
Status |
WW |
Runs |
Balls |
4's |
6's |
S.Rate |
| M Vandort | c M Vaughan b M Hoggard |  | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 36.36 | | S Jayasuriya | c K Pietersen b R Sidebottom | | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 83.33 | | K Sangakkara | c C Collingwood b J Anderson | | 92 | 159 | 13 | 0 | 57.86 | | M Jayawardene | c M Prior b M Hoggard | | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 | | C Silva | c M Prior b M Hoggard | | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | | J Mubarak | c M Prior b M Hoggard | | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | P Jayawardene | c A Cook b M Panesar | | 51 | 102 | 9 | 0 | 50.00 | | C Vaas | b M Panesar | | 12 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 54.55 | | L Malinga | not out | | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 | | D Fernando | c M Vaughan b M Panesar | | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | M Muralitharan | run out (R Bopara) | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extras: 10 (NB-2, WD-0, B-0, LB-8) | | Total : 188/10 (59.4) |
| Fall of Wickets: 11/1( S Jayasuriya(10)-2.5 overs),29/2( M Vandort(8)-9.1 overs),40/3( M Jayawardene(1)-13.1 overs),42/4( C Silva(2)-15.1 overs),42/5( J Mubarak(0)-16 overs),148/6( P Jayawardene(51)-46.1 overs),180/7( C Vaas(12)-52.3 overs),182/8( D Fernando(0)-57 overs),186/9( K Sangakkara(92)-59.2 overs),188/10( M Muralitharan(1)-59.4 overs) |
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