England v Sri Lanka 3rd Test Update
Pathum Nissanka played an inning of 127 runs in 124 balls.
Sri Lanka has won the Test match in England after 10 years. The team defeated England by 8 wickets in The Oval Test on Monday. Pathum Nissanka, who scored a fifty in the first innings for Sri Lanka, scored a century in the second innings. Lahiru Kumar from the team took 6 wickets in 2 innings.(England v Sri Lanka 3rd Test Update)
After losing the toss and batting first, England scored 325 runs in the first innings. Sri Lanka could score only 263 runs in the first innings and the team was behind by 62 runs. In the second innings, England were all out for 156 runs and Sri Lanka got the target of 219 runs. Sri Lanka achieved the target in 40.3 overs after losing 2 wickets on the fourth day.(England v Sri Lanka 3rd Test Update)
Pathum Nissanka scored his first century in England. This was only his second Test in England.
Won the last test in 2014 Sri Lanka last defeated England in a Test in 2014 in Leeds. Then the team also won the series 1-0. But this time, despite winning one test, Sri Lanka lost the 3-match series by a margin of 2-1. England won the first test by 5 wickets and the second test by 190 runs.(England v Sri Lanka 3rd Test Update)
Lost only one wicket on the fourth day Sri Lanka started playing in the first session of the fourth day with a score of 94/1. Nissanka led the innings with 53 runs and Kusal Mendis with 30 runs. Mendis became the victim of Gus Atkinson shortly afterwards. He scored 39 runs on 37 balls.(England v Sri Lanka 3rd Test Update)
The England team could take only 2 wickets of Sri Lanka in the second innings.
Nissanka won by scoring a century Sri Lanka lost the second wicket on the score of 108 runs. From here Nissanka took over the innings with Angelo Mathews. Mathews batted cautiously, but Nissanka maintained a strike rate of more than 100. He completed his century on 107 balls.(England v Sri Lanka 3rd Test Update)
After scoring the century, Nissanka hit 2 sixes to Olly Stone. He made a not out partnership of 111 runs for the third wicket with Mathews and led the team to victory by 8 wickets. Sri Lanka achieved the target of 219 runs in just 40.3 overs. Nissanka remained not out after scoring 127 runs and Mathews 32 runs. Nissanka hit 13 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. He had scored 64 runs in the first innings.(England v Sri Lanka 3rd Test Update)
Pathum Nissanka (left) and Angelo Mathews (right) made a century partnership to help Sri Lanka win by 8 wickets.
England all out for 156 runs on the third day
England’s Joe Root could score only 12 and 13 runs in the third test.
On the third day, England started playing with a lead of 62 runs, but the team could score only 156 runs. Lahiru Kumara took 4 wickets from Sri Lanka. Chasing the target of 219 runs, Sri Lanka batted fast and scored 94 runs in 15 overs till stumps. (England v Sri Lanka 3rd Test Update)
England took the lead on the second day
On the second day of the third Test, England scored 325 runs in the first innings. The team had lost only 4 wickets at one time on the score of 290, but the Sri Lankan bowlers took the last 6 wickets while giving away the next 35 runs. Captain Ollie Pope from England scored 154 runs. (England v Sri Lanka 3rd Test Update)
Ollie Pope scored a century on the first day
Ollie Pope scored his first test century against Sri Lanka.
The match started late due to rain on the first day of the match. Opener Ben Duckett from England kept the team’s scoring rate high by playing a quick inning of 86 runs. Before stumps, captain Ollie Pope scored a century on 102 balls. He remained not out after scoring 103 runs.(England v Sri Lanka 3rd Test Update)
