NEW DELHI: Pathum Nissanka‘s spectacular unbeaten fifty positioned Sri Lanka for a possible victory over England within the third Take a look at on the Oval on Sunday.
By the tip of third day’s play, Sri Lanka stood at 94 for 1, requiring solely 125 extra runs to realize the win and finish a streak of seven consecutive Take a look at defeats by England.
Dimuth Karunaratne was dismissed for eight when he was caught and bowled by Chris Woakes after a drive hit his pad and ballooned into the air.
Nonetheless, Nissanka continued his wonderful type, remaining unbeaten at 53, having reached his second fifty of the match by powering debutant Josh Hull by covers for his seventh 4 in simply 42 balls.
In the meantime, Kusal Mendis made probably the most of a number of free deliveries to attain an unbeaten 30, which included 24 runs from boundaries.
Sri Lanka’s difficult goal of over 200 runs was primarily as a result of Jamie Smith’s very good counter-attacking 67, which pulled England out of a big collapse. Following a dramatic stoop the place England misplaced 5 wickets for 26 runs to fall to 82 for 7, Smith’s decided show at his residence floor in Surrey helped them get better to submit a complete of 156.
Smith’s innings gave England a renewed hope of attaining a primary residence Take a look at sequence clear sweep since 2004, when Michael Vaughan led them to seven consecutive wins. Smith’s aggressive method supplied a quick respite, scoring 67 off simply 50 balls, comprising 10 fours and a six, however he fell on the stroke of tea, chipping a ball from Vishwa Fernando to brief midwicket.
Fernando, exploiting important swing, claimed three wickets for 40 runs, together with the precious wicket of Joe Root for simply 12.
Lahiru Kumara additionally made a exceptional contribution, taking 4 wickets for 21 runs in seven overs.
Former England captains Vaughan and Alastair Cook dinner criticized the hosts for his or her poor batting efficiency, which noticed them collapse from 221-Three to 325 all out of their first innings.
Ben Duckett was one other early casualty for England, falling for seven after an ill-judged shot off Asitha Fernando. The issues continued as Ollie Pope, recent off a 154 within the first innings, additionally fell cheaply for seven by chopping onto his personal stumps off Kumara’s bowling.
Dan Lawrence, having been promoted to open instead of the injured Zak Crawley, managed to attain 35 runs, together with a six off Asitha Fernando, however finally edged behind to wicketkeeper Dinesh Chandimal off Kumara’s supply.
As Sri Lanka closes in on a possible victory, Nissanka’s position has been essential in conserving their hopes alive for a memorable win over England within the Take a look at sequence.
Root falls cheaply
Root’s square-driven boundary off Vishwa Fernando meant he surpassed Sri Lanka nice Kumar Sangakkara’s tally of 12,400 Take a look at runs to enter sixth place within the all-time record.
Two balls later, nevertheless, Vishwa Fernando’s wonderful inswinging yorker struck Root on the boot and he was lbw.
Brook was additionally lbw to a different advantageous inswinger from Vishwa Fernando.
Smith counter-attacked, scoring 20 runs in a single over from quick bowler Milan Rathnayake that featured a flashing lower for 4 and crunching pull for six off successive deliveries.
He additionally lofted Rathnayake down the bottom for 4 earlier than ending the over by punching the paceman by the covers for an additional boundary.
Earlier, Olly Stone and 20-year-old fast Hull did the majority of the harm as Sri Lanka, who resumed on 211-5, misplaced their final 5 first-innings wickets for 52 runs in 16.2 overs, with captain Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis unable so as to add signficantly to their in a single day unbeaten fifties.
Stone took 3-35 in 9 overs and the towering Hull 3-53 in 11.
By the tip of third day’s play, Sri Lanka stood at 94 for 1, requiring solely 125 extra runs to realize the win and finish a streak of seven consecutive Take a look at defeats by England.
Dimuth Karunaratne was dismissed for eight when he was caught and bowled by Chris Woakes after a drive hit his pad and ballooned into the air.
Nonetheless, Nissanka continued his wonderful type, remaining unbeaten at 53, having reached his second fifty of the match by powering debutant Josh Hull by covers for his seventh 4 in simply 42 balls.
In the meantime, Kusal Mendis made probably the most of a number of free deliveries to attain an unbeaten 30, which included 24 runs from boundaries.
Sri Lanka’s difficult goal of over 200 runs was primarily as a result of Jamie Smith’s very good counter-attacking 67, which pulled England out of a big collapse. Following a dramatic stoop the place England misplaced 5 wickets for 26 runs to fall to 82 for 7, Smith’s decided show at his residence floor in Surrey helped them get better to submit a complete of 156.
Smith’s innings gave England a renewed hope of attaining a primary residence Take a look at sequence clear sweep since 2004, when Michael Vaughan led them to seven consecutive wins. Smith’s aggressive method supplied a quick respite, scoring 67 off simply 50 balls, comprising 10 fours and a six, however he fell on the stroke of tea, chipping a ball from Vishwa Fernando to brief midwicket.
Fernando, exploiting important swing, claimed three wickets for 40 runs, together with the precious wicket of Joe Root for simply 12.
Lahiru Kumara additionally made a exceptional contribution, taking 4 wickets for 21 runs in seven overs.
Former England captains Vaughan and Alastair Cook dinner criticized the hosts for his or her poor batting efficiency, which noticed them collapse from 221-Three to 325 all out of their first innings.
Ben Duckett was one other early casualty for England, falling for seven after an ill-judged shot off Asitha Fernando. The issues continued as Ollie Pope, recent off a 154 within the first innings, additionally fell cheaply for seven by chopping onto his personal stumps off Kumara’s bowling.
Dan Lawrence, having been promoted to open instead of the injured Zak Crawley, managed to attain 35 runs, together with a six off Asitha Fernando, however finally edged behind to wicketkeeper Dinesh Chandimal off Kumara’s supply.
As Sri Lanka closes in on a possible victory, Nissanka’s position has been essential in conserving their hopes alive for a memorable win over England within the Take a look at sequence.
Root falls cheaply
Root’s square-driven boundary off Vishwa Fernando meant he surpassed Sri Lanka nice Kumar Sangakkara’s tally of 12,400 Take a look at runs to enter sixth place within the all-time record.
Two balls later, nevertheless, Vishwa Fernando’s wonderful inswinging yorker struck Root on the boot and he was lbw.
Brook was additionally lbw to a different advantageous inswinger from Vishwa Fernando.
Smith counter-attacked, scoring 20 runs in a single over from quick bowler Milan Rathnayake that featured a flashing lower for 4 and crunching pull for six off successive deliveries.
He additionally lofted Rathnayake down the bottom for 4 earlier than ending the over by punching the paceman by the covers for an additional boundary.
Earlier, Olly Stone and 20-year-old fast Hull did the majority of the harm as Sri Lanka, who resumed on 211-5, misplaced their final 5 first-innings wickets for 52 runs in 16.2 overs, with captain Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis unable so as to add signficantly to their in a single day unbeaten fifties.
Stone took 3-35 in 9 overs and the towering Hull 3-53 in 11.