On the third day of the second Test match between England and Sri Lanka at Lord’s ground, Joe Root scored the 34th Test century of his Test career. Root scored 103 runs in 121 balls. He had also scored a century of 143 runs in the first innings of this Test. With this, Root has become the batsman who has scored the most Test centuries for England. With a century in the last innings, he equaled Alastair Cook’s 33 Test centuries. But now Root has gone ahead of him. On the other hand, the England team was all out for 251 runs in the second innings. The team has given Sri Lanka a target of 483 runs to win. England had scored 427 runs in the first innings. In response, Sri Lanka was all out for 196 runs. England’s second innings
Apart from Root (103), no other batsman could play a big innings for England in the second innings. Harry Brook scored 37, Jamie Smith scored 26 and Ben Duckett scored 24 runs. Asitha Fernando and Lahiru Kumara took 3-3 wickets for Sri Lanka. Prabath Jayasuriya and Milan Ratnayake took 2-2 wickets each. Root had also scored a century in the first innings Joe Root had also scored a brilliant century in difficult circumstances in the first innings of this match. He scored 143 runs in 206 balls with the help of 16 fours. It was because of his century that England crossed the 400-run mark in the first innings. England scored 427 runs in the first innings England scored 427 runs in the first innings of this match. Apart from Joe Root, Gus Atkinson also scored a century. Atkinson, who came to bat at number eight, scored 118 runs in 115 balls with the help of 14 fours and 4 sixes. This was the first Test century of his career. Root scored a century on the first day England lost the toss on the first day and batted first. The team lost 6 wickets at a score of 216 runs, but Root stood firm at one end. He took the team past 200 by making a partnership with Harry Brook and Jamie Smith. Root was dismissed after scoring 143 runs before the end of the day’s play. This was the 33rd century of his career. Read the full news… England ahead by 256 runs in the second innings on the second day The second match of the Test series between England and Sri Lanka is being played at Lord’s Stadium in London. On Friday, on the second day of the match, England’s fast bowler Gus Atkinson scored a century. On the basis of Atkinson’s century, the team scored 427 runs in the first innings. Sri Lanka started their first innings, but the team could score only 196 runs. England started their second innings on the second day itself, the team also scored 25 runs after losing 1 wicket. In this way, they currently have a lead of 256 runs. On the first day of the Test, England’s Joe Root scored the 33rd century of his career. He played an innings of 143 runs. Sri Lankan fast bowler Asitha Fernando took 5 wickets. Read the full news…
