England defeated Sri Lanka by 190 runs in the Lord’s Test. Sri Lanka, chasing a target of 483 runs, could only score 292 runs on the fourth day. England’s Gus Atkinson scored a century in the first innings and then took 5 wickets in the last innings. England’s Joe Root scored a century in both innings. He also became the player to score the most centuries from England. Sri Lanka’s captain Dhananjay de Silva and Dimuth Karunaratne scored fifties in the second innings. England leads the series 2-0
After losing the toss and batting first, England scored 427 runs in the first innings. Sri Lanka could only score 196 runs, thus England got a lead of 231 runs. In the second innings, England scored 251 runs, thus Sri Lanka got a target of 483 runs. Sri Lanka showed fight in the second innings, but the team was all out at 292 runs. By winning the Lord’s Test, England has taken a 2-0 lead in the series. The team won the first Test by 5 wickets. The third and final Test of the series will be played at The Oval ground in London from September 6. England remains fourth in the WTC points table
Even after defeating Sri Lanka in 2 Tests, England remains fourth in the World Test Championship (WTC) points table. The team won 8 out of 15 Tests and lost only 6. One match was drawn, 19 points of England have been deducted so far due to slow over rate, due to which the team has 81 points. England played 15 matches, that is, according to 12 points for a win, the team could have reached 180 points. But they have only 81 points. According to this, the team is at number four with 45% points. New Zealand is at number three, Australia is at second and India is at number one. Karunaratne’s half-century in the first session
After the first session, Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal returned unbeaten from Sri Lanka. Dimuth Karunaratne scored a half-century in the second innings. He played an innings of 55 runs on 129 balls. This is his 38th Test half-century. Nishan Madushka got out after scoring 13 runs, Pathum Nissanka got out after scoring 14 runs and Prabath Jayasuriya got out after scoring 3 runs. Ollie Stone has taken 2 wickets from England so far. Gus Atkinson and Chris Woakes got 1-1 wickets. 3 wickets lost in the second session
Sri Lanka tried to recover in the second innings. Chandimal and Mathews also stayed put, but after the wickets of both, the team fell apart. Mathews got out after scoring 36 runs and Chandimal got out after scoring 58 runs. After him, Kamindu Mendis also returned to the pavilion after scoring only 4 runs. After 7 wickets fell at 200, captain Dhananjay de Silva took over the innings along with Milan Ratnayake. Both took the team’s score to 260. After the session ended, de Silva remained not out after scoring 45 runs and Ratnayake remained not out after scoring 28 runs. Sri Lanka all out in the third session
In the third session of the fourth day, Sri Lanka resumed play from a score of 260/7. England took the second new ball of the innings. Gus Atkinson did his job and got Sri Lankan captain Dhananjay de Silva caught out. De Silva scored 50 runs. Atkinson took his 5th wicket by taking the wicket of Milan Ratnayake. Ratnayake scored 43 runs. Chris Woakes got Lahiru Kumara caught out and Sri Lanka was all out for 292 runs. Woakes and Ollie Stone got 2-2 wickets, Shoaib Bashir got one success. 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. Took 2-2 wickets of Prabath Jayasuriya and Milan Ratnayake. Root scored a century on the first day as well 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 made a partnership with Harry Brook and Jamie Smith and took the team past 200. Root was out 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 on the second day England’s fast bowler Gus Atkinson scored a century on the second day. On the strength of Atkinson’s century, the team scored 427 runs in the first innings. Sri Lankan team could score only 196 runs in their first innings. England also scored 25 runs after losing 1 wicket in their second innings on the second day itself. In this way they got a lead of 256 runs. Read the full news… On the third day, Root scored the 34th century of his Test career. On the third day of the second Test, 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 became the batsman who has scored the most Test centuries for England. Read the full news…
