ENG vs SL: England are at present internet hosting Sri Lanka for a 2-match take a look at sequence, the primary one being performed on the Previous Trafford, Manchester. The match began on the twenty first of August with Sri Lanka trying to bat on the observe.
The English bowlers brought about early bother for the Lankan batters as they struck very early with 3 wickets, and even Mathews and Chandimal fell early. Now, the skipper took over the position with Sri Lanka’s no.9 debutant Milan Rathnayake. They each landed first rate 74 and 72, which took Sri Lanka to a 236-run whole of their first inning.
The England innings began on the finish of Day 1, as Ben Duckett took strike with new opener Dan Lawrence, who changed the injured Zak Crawley. The brand new English skipper, Ollie Pope, got here in at No. 3 and went early.
Nevertheless, it was their extremely anticipated participant Joe Root who added stability to the innings earlier than Harry Brook and wicketkeeper batsman Jamie Smith took England to a powerful whole.
Jamie Smith took over injured skipper Ben Stokes, batting place at No. 6, and he saved his nerve to ship a shocking inning. In between the 2, the partnership was damaged by a jaffa of a supply from Prabhat Jayasuiriya, one which took a pointy flip earlier than taking the highest of the off-stump.
The following one to fall was Chris Woakes with one other related supply that spun unconventionally. Jamie Smith remained agency until the top of Day 2, as he took England to 259/6 and he himself stood on 72*.
Alongside Gus Atkinson, he got here into bat on the third day and saved his composure to attain his maiden worldwide take a look at century. The participant already has 10 First-Class centuries and the very best particular person rating of 234 in his county profession.
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Now aged 24 years and 40 days, Jamie is the youngest English wicketkeeper batsman to have scored a century in red-ball cricket. On the time of writing, Sri Lanka of their second innings is 107/4, with Angelo Mathews their greatest batter standing alone on 48*, with even the skipper again within the pavilion this time.
The workforce continues to be behind by 15 runs at tea break, and if Chandimal, who’s retired and damage, makes a comeback onto the sector, Sri Lanka may pose an honest whole.
