Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath claimed a career-best match haul of 12 wickets to propel Sri Lanka to a 75-run victory as No 1 ranked England slumped to their fourth defeat in a row.
Off-spinner Suraj Randiv lent good support with six wickets in the match as Sri Lanka went 1-0 ahead in the two-match series.
Jonathon Trott kept the tourists alive with a defiant 112 before the last five wickets fell for just 12 runs.
1st Test, Day 4 (Galle), Mar 2012
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Swann, Graeme P Trott, Jonathan Thirimanne, Lahiru Bell, Ian R Tillakaratne Mudiyanselag ... Herath, Rangana Prior, Matthew J Patel, Samit Rohit Broad, Stuart C J Panesar, Mudhsuden Singh Pietersen, Kevin P Jayawardene, H A Prasanna ... Randiv, Suraj Jayawardene, D P MahelaGrounds Tagged in ClipDex
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