| 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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England 281 / 10 (93.1) Overs
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| Players |
Status |
WW |
Runs |
Balls |
4's |
6's |
S.Rate |
| A Cook | lbw b C Vaas | | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | M Vaughan | c C Silva b M Muralitharan |  | 37 | 108 | 5 | 0 | 34.26 | | J Anderson | lbw b C Vaas | | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 52.94 | | I Bell | c C Silva b M Muralitharan | | 83 | 125 | 12 | 0 | 66.40 | | K Pietersen
| lbw b M Muralitharan | | 31 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 54.39 | | P Collingwood | b M Muralitharan | | 45 | 121 | 3 | 0 | 37.19 | | R Bopara | c P Jayawardene b M Muralitharan | | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | | M Prior | c J Mubarak b D Fernando | | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | R Sidebottom | c P Jayawardene b L Malinga | | 31 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 38.27 | | M Hoggard
| st P Jayawardene b M Muralitharan | | 15 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 65.22 | | M Panesar | not out | | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Extras: 20 (NB-11, WD-2, B-6, LB-1) | | Total : 281/10 (93.1) |
| Fall of Wickets: 0/1( A Cook(0)-0.3 overs),107/2( M Vaughan(37)-34.1 overs),132/3( I Bell(83)-43 overs),170/4( K Pietersen
(31)-52.3 overs),182/5( R Bopara(8)-58.4 overs),185/6( M Prior(0)-61.1 overs),242/7( R Sidebottom(31)-83.2 overs),266/8( P Collingwood(45)-88.4 overs),272/9( M Hoggard
(15)-90.1 overs),281/10( J Anderson(9)-93.1 overs) |
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