| 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 261 / 10 (94.0) Overs
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| Players |
Status |
WW |
Runs |
Balls |
4's |
6's |
S.Rate |
| A Cook | c C Silva b C Vaas |  | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | | M Vaughan | c P Jayawardene b C Vaas | | 5 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 20.00 | | J Anderson | b C Vaas | | 11 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 30.56 | | I Bell | b M Muralitharan | | 74 | 209 | 6 | 0 | 35.41 | | K Pietersen
| b D Fernando | | 18 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 54.55 | | P Collingwood | c K Sangakkara b D Fernando | | 16 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 59.26 | | R Bopara | lbw b S Jayasuriya | | 34 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 80.95 | | M Prior | b M Muralitharan | | 63 | 147 | 8 | 0 | 42.86 | | R Sidebottom | lbw b M Muralitharan | | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.67 | | M Hoggard
| b L Malinga | | 8 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 28.57 | | M Panesar | not out | | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 |
| Extras: 25 (NB-11, WD-0, B-5, LB-9) | | Total : 261/10 (94.0) |
| Fall of Wickets: 4/1( A Cook(4)-0.4 overs),22/2( M Vaughan(5)-9 overs),27/3( J Anderson(11)-10.3 overs),55/4( K Pietersen
(18)-17.2 overs),90/5( P Collingwood(16)-25.5 overs),139/6( R Bopara(34)-40.4 overs),248/7( M Prior(63)-85 overs),249/8( I Bell(74)-86.2 overs),253/9( R Sidebottom(1)-90.2 overs),261/10( M Hoggard
(8)-94 overs) |
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