| Test 2, 09th Dec 2007 - 13th Dec 2007 |
| England won the toss, elected to bat |
| Stadium | : | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground |
| Venue | : | Colombo |
| Umpires | : | Aleem Dar and DJ Harper |
| TV Umpire | : | MG Silva |
| Referee | : | JJ Crowe | | Result | : | Match Drawn | | Man of the Match | : | M Jayawardene | |
| | Days | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | | Score | Eng: 258/5 | Eng: 351/10; SL: 105/2 | SL: 379/4 | SL: 548/9d; Eng: 48/0 | Eng; 250/3 |
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England 351 / 10 (126.1) Overs
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| Players |
Status |
WW |
Runs |
Balls |
4's |
6's |
S.Rate |
| A Cook | lbw b L Malinga |  | 81 | 234 | 8 | 0 | 34.62 | | M Vaughan | c J Mubarak b M Muralitharan | | 87 | 139 | 12 | 0 | 62.59 | | I Bell | c J Mubarak b M Muralitharan | | 15 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 24.19 | | K Pietersen
| c Sangakkara b C Vaas | | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | | P Collingwood | lbw b C Vaas | | 52 | 96 | 7 | 0 | 54.17 | | R Bopara | b L Malinga | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | M Prior | c & b M Muralitharan | | 79 | 130 | 9 | 0 | 60.77 | | S Broad
| lbw b L Malinga | | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | | R Sidebottom | c M Jayawardene b M Muralitharan | | 17 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 20.99 | | S Harmison | c C Silva b M Muralitharan | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | M Panesar | not out | | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras: 17 (NB-7, WD-0, B-8, LB-2) | | Total : 351/10 (126.1) |
| Fall of Wickets: 133/1( M Vaughan(87)-39.2 overs),168/2( I Bell(15)-59.1 overs),171/3( K Pietersen
(1)-60.3 overs),237/4( A Cook(81)-82.3 overs),237/5( R Bopara(0)-82.4 overs),269/6( P Collingwood(52)-93.5 overs),272/7( S Broad
(2)-96.2 overs),346/8( R Sidebottom(17)-123 overs),350/9( S Harmison(0)-124.1 overs),351/10( M Prior(79)-126.1 overs) |
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