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Seamers, Nissanka shine as Sri Lanka eye famous win

Sri Lanka tour of England 2024

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Sri Lanka tour of England 2024 - 3rd Test

Lahiru Kumara’s fiery spell, combined with Vishwa Fernando’s crucial breakthroughs and Pathum Nissanka’s composed knock, firmly turned the game in Sri Lanka’s favour against England in the third Test at The Oval.

In the third over of the day, Sri Lanka lost Dhananjaya, who top-edged a pull shot to fine leg as debutant Josh Hull made amends for dropping him the previous day by claiming his wicket.

Kamindu’s stay at the crease wasn’t much longer in the morning, as he was caught by Root at slip off an excellent delivery from Woakes, reducing the visitors to 233/7.

Sri Lanka added another 30 runs with the tail before being bowled out, handing England a first-innings lead of 62 runs. Hull impressed on his debut, picking up three wickets, while Stone also claimed 3 for 35.

The hosts had 6 overs to bat before lunch, but they suffered early setbacks, losing both of their top scorers from the first innings and being reduced to 35/2.

Duckett holed out to mid-on off Asitha’s bowling in the third over. Soon after, Kumara struck in his very first over, dismissing Pope, who chopped the ball onto his stumps just before the break.

Lawrence, who hasn’t had a good time as an opener throughout the series, adopted an aggressive approach to counter the bowlers. However, his brisk run-a-ball 35 came to an abrupt end when he was caught behind off Kumara.

England had lost half of their side at 69 when Vishwa trapped both Root and Brook in front of the stumps, burning a couple of reviews. Atkinson then followed Woakes, leaving the home side reeling at 82/7.

Jamie Smith, who batted cautiously for the first 20-30 balls, shifted gears when Sri Lanka were in control, taking the bowlers apart all around the park. First, the keeper-batter smashed 20 runs off Rathnayake, followed by 16 against Vishwa, bringing up a 43-ball fifty.

He continued his assault, striking three more boundaries in the next over from the left-arm pacer. However, Vishwa had the last laugh, dismissing him at the stroke of the tea break. Smith’s aggressive 67 came off just 50 balls, including 10 fours and a six.

After the break, England were eventually bundled out for 156, setting Sri Lanka a target of 219 to win. Kumara was outstanding in his 7 overs, claiming 4 wickets for just 21 runs, while Vishwa added three scalps to his tally.

In Sri Lanka’s chase, Nissanka played positively right from the start but lost his senior partner, Karunaratne, to Woakes after they had added 39 for the opening wicket.

Nissanka was then joined by Kusal Mendis, and the pair ensured that the hosts had no chance to stage a comeback for the remainder of the day. The stylish opener, continuing his form from the first innings, notched up his second fifty of the match off just 42 deliveries.

Mendis contributed well, finding a few boundaries early on as the two right-handers shared an unbeaten half-century stand when stumps were called a bit early due to bad light. Sri Lanka needed just 125 more runs to secure another famous win in England.

Result


England
325/10 (69.1) & 156/10 (34)

Sri Lanka
263/10 (61.2) & 219/2 (40.3)

Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Ben Duckett c Dinesh Chandimal b Milan Rathnayake 86 79 9 2 108.86
Dan Lawrence c Pathum Nissanka b Lahiru Kumara 5 21 0 0 23.81
Ollie Pope c Dimuth Karunaratne b Vishwa Fernando 154 156 19 2 98.72
Joe Root c Vishwa Fernando b Lahiru Kumara 13 48 1 0 27.08
Harry Brook c Kusal Mendis b Milan Rathnayake 19 39 1 0 48.72
Jamie Smith c Kusal Mendis b Vishwa Fernando 16 31 2 0 51.61
Chris Woakes c Milan Rathnayake b Dhananjaya de Silva 2 4 0 0 50.00
Gus Atkinson c Milan Rathnayake b Dhananjaya de Silva 5 12 0 0 41.67
Olly Stone not out 15 12 1 1 125.00
Josh Hul c Dhananjaya de Silva b Asitha Fernando 2 10 0 0 20.00
Shoaib Bashir c Lahiru Kumara b Milan Rathnayake 1 3 0 0 33.33


Extras 7 (b 4 , lb 2 , nb 0, w 1, pen 0)
Total 325/10 (69.1 Overs, RR: 4.7)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Asitha Fernando 20 0 88 1 4.40
Vishwa Fernando 13 0 46 2 3.54
Lahiru Kumara 16 1 97 2 6.06
Milan Rathnayake 13.1 2 56 2 4.27
Angelo Mathews 3 0 14 0 4.67
Dhananjaya de Silva 4 0 18 2 4.50
Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Pathum Nissanka c Chris Woakes b Josh Hull 64 51 9 0 125.49
Dimuth Karunaratne run out (Olly Stone) 9 16 1 0 56.25
Kusal Mendis c Harry Brook b Chris Woakes 14 13 3 0 107.69
Angelo Mathews c Ollie Pope b Olly Stone 3 11 0 0 27.27
Dinesh Chandimal lbw b Olly Stone 0 4 0 0 0.00
Dhananjaya de Silva c Shoaib Bashir b Josh Hull 69 111 11 0 62.16
Kamindu Mendis c Joe Root b Chris Woakes 64 91 7 0 70.33
Milan Rathnayake c Jamie Smith b Olly Stone 7 21 1 0 33.33
Vishwa Fernando lbw b Josh Hull 0 8 0 0 0.00
Lahiru Kumara not out 5 29 0 0 17.24
Asitha Fernando c Jamie Smith b Shoaib Bashir 11 14 2 0 78.57


Extras 17 (b 8 , lb 2 , nb 1, w 6, pen 0)
Total 263/10 (61.2 Overs, RR: 4.29)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Chris Woakes 13 0 42 2 3.23
Gus Atkinson 9 0 46 0 5.11
Josh Hull 11 0 53 3 4.82
Olly Stone 9 0 35 3 3.89
Shoaib Bashir 11.2 0 37 1 3.30
Dan Lawrence 6 0 29 0 4.83
Joe Root 2 0 11 0 5.50
Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Ben Duckett c Vishwa Fernando b Asitha Fernando 7 8 1 0 87.50
Dan Lawrence c Dinesh Chandimal b Lahiru Kumara 35 35 3 1 100.00
Ollie Pope b Lahiru Kumara 7 16 1 0 43.75
Joe Root lbw b Vishwa Fernando 12 18 2 0 66.67
Harry Brook lbw b Vishwa Fernando 3 14 0 0 21.43
Jamie Smith c Kusal Mendis b Vishwa Fernando 67 50 10 0 134.00
Chris Woakes c Dinesh Chandimal b Lahiru Kumara 0 6 0 0 0.00
Gus Atkinson lbw b Milan Rathnayake 1 14 0 0 7.14
Olly Stone c Nishan Madushka b Lahiru Kumara 10 31 1 0 32.26
Josh Hull not out 7 6 0 1 116.67
Shoaib Bashir c Nishan Madushka b Asitha Fernando 4 6 1 0 66.67


Extras 3 (b 0 , lb 3 , nb 0, w 0, pen 0)
Total 156/10 (34 Overs, RR: 4.59)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Asitha Fernando 12 2 49 2 4.08
Milan Rathnayake 7 0 43 1 6.14
Lahiru Kumara 7 1 21 4 3.00
Vishwa Fernando 8 1 40 3 5.00


Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Pathum Nissanka not out 127 124 3 2 102.42
Dimuth Karunaratne c & b Chris Woakes 8 21 1 0 38.10
Kusal Mendis c Shoaib Bashir b Gus Atkinson 39 37 7 0 105.41
Angelo Mathews not out 32 61 3 0 52.46


Extras 13 (b 4 , lb 8 , nb 0, w 1, pen 0)
Total 219/2 (40.3 Overs, RR: 5.41)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Chris Woakes 12 0 52 1 4.33
Gus Atkinson 11 1 44 1 4.00
Josh Hull 6 0 38 0 6.33
Olly Stone 8 0 45 0 5.62
Shoaib Bashir 3.3 0 28 0 8.48