Ben Foakes has enjoyed a memorable start to life as a Test cricketer in Galle.
Here, Press Association Sport looks at some of the achievements the 25-year-old has already got under his belt.
Batting
Catching
No Wicket Keeping expert at all … But what I see in Ben Foakes already suggests to me that he is the Best Keeper in England … Absolute natural … !! #SLvENG
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) November 7, 2018
When James Anderson found Dimuth Karunaratne’s edge with a tempting outswinger, the resulting take was bread and butter for a keeper of Foakes’ reputation. More remarkable than the catch was the timing – just the second ball of Foakes’ first innings in the field. Only Australia’s Peter Nevill, in the Lord’s Ashes Test of 2015, has opened his account behind the stumps at such an early stage.
Stumping
