Scorecard

England [ Images ] beat Sri Lanka [ Images ] by six wickets in the second Test with a day to spare on Sunday to go one up in the three-Test series.

England bowled out the visitors for 231 in their second innings just before lunch after stiff resistance from opener Michael Vandort [ Images ], who scored 105 before falling, the last man out, to Liam Plunkett.

England lost Marcus Trescothick [ Images ], Andrew Strauss [ Images ], first-innings centurion Kevin Pietersen [ Images ] and Paul Collingwood [ Images ] on the way to their target of 78.

Sri Lanka spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan [ Images ] took all four for a 10-wicket match haul.

The first Test at Lord's was drawn.

The third Test starts in Nottingham on Friday.