Jennings marathon knock set Sri Lanka 462 to win

Sri Lanka vs England - 1st Test

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Jennings

Day three of the 1st Test belonged to Keaton Jennings, a man who was not even sure of being on the plane to Sri Lanka after a dismal series against India at home. 

The stands at the Galle International Cricket Stadium were filled up soon with English supporters on the morning of day three, as it felt more and more like a home game for the Englishmen rather than a home send off Sri Lanka’s legendary spin bowler, Rangana Herath would have expected.

The English dominance was unfortunately not only in the stands, but also on the pitch as well. Debutant Rory Burns – though looking uncomfortable during his stay – made sure England got off to a good start as he added 60 runs for the 1st wicket with Keaton Jennings. The Sri Lankan bowlers looked really flat before a bit of inspiration in the field from Dimuth Karunaratne provided the opening breakthrough in the form of a run-out.

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Moeen Ali who has been used as a make shift no.3 made his intentions clear but failed to execute as he held out to mid-on looking for a big heave towards cow corner before the ever reliable Herath – playing in his last international match – produced some magic when he pushed one quicker getting it to kick-off from the surface to send Joe Root back.

Jennings who was unfortunate to miss out on a half century in the first innings, made sure he made use of his opportunity as he got to a half century with ease the second time around. The England lead continued to grow as Jennings seemed at home against spin with the use of plenty of sweeps and reverse sweeps. He got good company initially from Ben Stokes who hit his way to 62 inclusive of 4 fours and 3 sixes as the duo added 107 runs for the fourth wicket.

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Jennings was involved in another fruitful partnership of 77 runs with Buttler(35) for the 5th wicket while he got to the three figure mark in the process; his second century after his century on debut against India in India. A screamer at silly-point by Kaushal Silva ended Buttler’s innings but centurion from 1st innings Ben Foakes came out with his intentions clear lofting Akila Dananjaya for two sixes in the same over as the English lead went pass the 450 run mark.

He fell in search of quick runs for 37 off just 34 balls, as he tried to hit another six off Dananjaya who looked ineffective throughout the match. The declaration came soon after with Jennings unbeaten on 146* and England on 322/6, 461 runs ahead of Sri Lanka. Interestingly Jennings’ 280 ball marathon innings had only 9 fours in it which showed the temperament of the man who was also fighting for his place in the team.

Rangana Herath walked off the field as a bowler for one last time only with two wickets against his name while Dilruwan Perera ended with seven in the match.

The Sri Lankan opening pair of Dimuth Karunaratne and Kaushal Silva managed to survive till stumps, as Sri Lanka need a further 447 runs to win the match with two days remaining.









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Full Scorecard

England

342/10 & 322/6

(93 overs)

Result

Sri Lanka

203/10 & 250/10

(85.1 overs)

England ‘s 1st Innings

Batting R B
Rory Burns c N Dickwella b S Lakmal 9 12
Keaton Jennings b D Perera 46 53
Moeen Ali b S Lakmal 0 1
Joe Root b R Herath 35 46
Ben Stokes b D Perera 7 19
Jos Butler c N Dickwella b D Perera 38 72
Ben Foakes c D De Silva b S Lakmal 107 202
Sam Curran c D Chandimal b A Dananjaya 48 104
Adil Rashid c D De Silva b D Perera 35 38
Jack Leach c D De Silva b D Perera 15 31
James Anderson not out 0 4
Extras
2 (b 1, lb 1)
Total
342/10 (97 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-10 (R Burns, 2.3 ov), 2-10 (M Ali, 2.4 ov), 3-72 (J Root, 16.1 ov), 4-98 (K Jennings, 21.1 ov), 5-103 (B Stokes, 23.3 ov), 6-164 (J Butler, 43.6 ov), 7-252 (S Curran, 77.2 ov), 8-306 (A Rashid, 87.4 ov), 9-330 (J Leach, 95.2 ov), 10-342 (B Foakes, 96.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Suranga Lakmal 18 5 73 3 4.06
Dilruwan Perera 31 6 75 5 2.42
Akila Dananjaya 20 2 96 1 4.80
Rangana Herath 25 4 78 1 3.12
Dhananjaya de Silva 3 0 18 0 6.00

Sri Lanka’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
Dimuth Karunarathne c B Foakes b J Anderson 4 2
Kaushal Silva lbw by S Curran 1 6
Dhananjaya de Silva b M Ali 14 47
Kusal Mendis c B Stokes b J Leach 19 32
Angelo Mathews c K Jennings b M Ali 52 122
Dinesh Chandimal st B Foakes b A Rashid 33 72
Niroshan Dickwella c J Butler b M Ali 28 39
Dilruwan Perera c J Butler b J Leach 21 49
Akila Dananjaya c B Foakes b M Ali 0 3
Suranga Lakmal c J Anderson b A Rashid 15 20
Rangana Herath not out 14 16
Extras
2 (lb 2)
Total
203/10 (68 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-4 (D Karunarathne, 0.2 ov), 2-10 (K Silva, 3.3 ov), 3-34 (K Mendis, 13.2 ov), 4-40 (De Silva, 16.3 ov), 5-115 (D Chandimal, 43.2 ov), 6-136 (A Mathews, 49.3 ov), 7-171 (N Dickwella, 59.6 ov), 8-173 (A Dananjaya, 61.3 ov), 9-175 (D Perera, 62.6 ov), 10-203 (S Lakmal, 67.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
James Anderson 10 0 26 1 2.60
Sam Curran 6 1 16 1 2.67
Jack Leach 18 2 41 2 2.28
Moeen Ali 21 4 66 4 3.14
Adil Rashid 9 1 30 2 3.33
Ben Stokes 4 0 22 0 5.50

England ‘s 2nd Innings

Batting R B
Rory Burns (runout) D Karunarathne 23 65
Keaton Jennings not out 146 280
Moeen Ali c R Herath b D Perera 3 11
Joe Root c N Dickwella b R Herath 3 19
Ben Stokes b D Perera 62 93
Jos Butler c K Silva b R Herath 35 58
Ben Foakes c K Mendis b A Dananjaya 37 34
Sam Curran not out 0 0
Extras
13 (b 4, lb 7, nb 2)
Total
322/6 (93 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-60 (R Burns, 22.6 ov), 2-67 (M Ali, 26.3 ov), 3-74 (J Root, 31.3 ov), 4-181 (B Stokes, 60.5 ov), 5-258 (J Butler, 83.1 ov), 6-319 (B Foakes, 92.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Dilruwan Perera 30 3 94 2 3.13
Suranga Lakmal 9 2 30 0 3.33
Rangana Herath 23 1 59 2 2.57
Akila Dananjaya 18.5 2 87 1 4.70
Dhananjaya de Silva 12.1 2 41 0 3.39

Sri Lanka’s 2nd Innings

Batting R B
Dimuth Karunarathne c & b M Ali 26 86
Kaushal Silva lbw by J Leach 30 59
Dhananjaya de Silva c J Root b B Stokes 21 44
Kusal Mendis c M Ali b J Leach 45 77
Angelo Mathews c J Butler b M Ali 53 92
Dinesh Chandimal b J Leach 1 11
Niroshan Dickwella c B Stokes b M Ali 16 32
Dilruwan Perera c B Stokes b A Rashid 30 49
Akila Dananjaya c B Stokes b M Ali 8 18
Suranga Lakmal not out 14 25
Rangana Herath (runout) B Stokes 5 18
Extras
1 (b 1)
Total
250/10 (85.1 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-51 (K Silva, 22.3 ov), 2-59 (D Karunarathne, 25.2 ov), 3-98 (De Silva, 37.2 ov), 4-144 (K Mendis, 50.5 ov), 5-154 (D Chandimal, 54.4 ov), 6-190 (N Dickwella, 66.1 ov), 7-197 (A Mathews, 68.4 ov), 8-229 (A Dananjaya, 76.6 ov), 9-239 (D Perera, 79.3 ov), 10-250 (R Herath, 85.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Sam Curran 5 1 15 0 3.00
James Anderson 12 2 27 0 2.25
Moeen Ali 20 2 71 4 3.55
Adil Rashid 18.1 0 59 1 3.26
Jack Leach 21 1 60 3 2.86
Ben Stokes 8 2 16 1 2.00
Joe Root 1 0 1 0 1.00