Persistent rain draws the Lord’s test match
Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland, 3rd Investec Test: England v Sri Lanka at Lord’s, Jun 9-13, 2016
Day-5
England 416 all out off 128.4 overs, AN Cook 85 off 173, 9 fours, JM Bairstow 167 off 251, 18 fours, CR Woakes 66 off 142, 8 fours, RMS Eranga 94-1, RAS Lakmal 90-3, N Pradeep 104-2, HMRKB Herath 81-4
Sri Lanka 288 all out off 95.1 overs FDM Karunaratne 50 off 101, 7 fours, JK Silva 79 off 139, 10 fours, BKG Mendis 25 off 54. 3 fours, MDKJ Perera 42 off 73, 7 fours, ST Finn 59-3, CR Woakes 31-3, SCJ Broad 79-2, JM Anderson 61-2
England 2nd Innings 233/7 off 71 overs Alex Hales 94 off 179, 10 fours, 1 six, JM Bairstow 32 off 72, 1 four, AN Cook 49 not out off 86, 3 fours, 1 six, RMS Eranga 58-3, N Pradeep 37-3, AD Mathews 20-1.
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings 78/1 (24.2 overs) Kusal Mendis 17 not out off 30, 2 fours, 1 six, Dimuth Karunaratne 37 not out off 66, 6 fours.
Match drawn
Man of the Match award goes to Jonny Bairstow. Sri Lanka’s Man of the series goes to Kaushal Silva. Sri Lanka is unbeaten at Lords for past 25 years and will continue. The weather had the last say and so the captains have shaken hands to draw the match.