England Cricket Team Vs Sri Lanka National Cricket Team Match Timeline

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Asitha Fernando, Vishwa Kumara and Lahiru Dhananjaya led England’s bowlers in keeping Sri Lanka at bay against an aggressive batting line-up, while Dimuth Karunaratne survived an appeal against Woakes for being leg before in the first session.

Kamindu Mendis and Angelo Mathews kept the scoreboard ticking over. Now, it’s time for tea.

Pathum Nissanka’s century

Nissanka led Sri Lanka to an historic win against England at The Oval with his unbeaten century off just 107 balls, helping Sri Lanka pass 100 runs alongside Kusal Mendis (39) for an eight-wicket triumph and achieve their fifth Test win overall since Headingley back in 2014. This was only Sri Lanka’s fourth win at this level; their last one came by just 100 runs at Headingley back in 2014.

After Nishan Madushka and Dimuth Karunaratne had both left before lunch, Nissanka took control of the run chase and continued playing his natural game – hitting numerous drives to the boundary as well as an excellent square cut for four.

He shared an unbroken stand of 111 with Angelo Mathews to power Sri Lanka to a commanding lead. Mathews himself was in inspired form, hitting two spectacular straight drives for two and an onside lofted shot for another score.

After tea, England’s bowlers came back strong in pursuit of runs. Woakes, Olly Stone and Matt Potts each struck twice against Kamindu Mendis’ bat – providing little resistance from his side.

Gus Atkinson claimed the final wicket of Sri Lanka’s innings when he caught Nissanka off a short delivery at backward point. Even with their batsmen struggling, Sri Lanka kept fighting and displayed great character throughout a match that could have gone badly wrong for them.

Nissanka’s score of 127* ranks fifth among visiting batsmen who successfully chase a successful run-chase in England (Tests). His performance rivaled that of Gordon Greenidge (254 at Lord’s in 1984), Arthur Morris (182 at Headingley in 1948, South Africa’s Graeme Smith (154) at Edgbaston (2008) and India’s Virat Kohli (163 at Mumbai in 2012). Nissanka, 26, who had been out of the team for over two years; today showed why his performance should see him back into England next summer – remarkable! It should see him back into England side more often in future.

Jofra Archer’s 58-run spell

As Sri Lanka lurches towards an imminent decline, England look to Jofra Archer for some new impetus. Although risky at first, his pace and guile have caused unease among batsmen from both teams; Archer has made five fifties out of 15 Test innings making him a formidable threat at any given moment.

At this late stage in the Test series, England still have a chance to salvage it against Sri Lanka if they can make quick and decisive adjustments quickly enough. But this won’t be easy as they face a highly formidable opposition team in British conditions and only possess Mark Wood and Stuart Broad for bowling support; although Nissanka’s incredible performance could help turn around their fortunes.

After taking a drinks break, England’s bowlers returned for their last over of the day. Kamindu Mendis started confidently, hitting two off his first delivery but was denied further boundaries by a fielder taking an excellent catch at short mid wicket.

Mendis isn’t finished yet though; he wants to build some momentum by clipping Bashir into the leg side for two and hitting four off ball four of this over to bring up 200 runs for his team.

Though their loss, England can take comfort from how well they played this series. Their seamers and batters excelled on days two through four of this matchup.

Losing will be hard on India and they must come out fighting next time against New Zealand if they want any chance of victory. They have often appeared disengaged and lack focus during matches against them; to succeed they will need to put forward their best performance and put everything they have into every Test they play against them.

Ollie Pope was asked following the match about their loss and replied that they didn’t expect Sri Lanka to perform as well, yet they have shown character to fight back and he added that England will look back over their performances and try to improve in future games; next up will be two Twenty20 Internationals and five One Day Internationals against New Zealand before Christmas.

Jos Buttler’s 49-ball knock

Jos Buttler came out swinging after an indifferent start and batted an explosive innings that included four sixes and three boundaries to help England retake control and finish strongly. It was an impressive display of batting which will surely be build upon in future seasons.

Buttler started off slowly against Vishwa Fernando before quickly picking up speed as the ball got slower. He scored two sixes and four off five balls over Vishwa Fernando before hitting two sixes from Asitha Perera before being dismissed off an uneven delivery by Asitha Perera.

Buttler was England’s shining light in a match where their lower order struggled, playing some impressive shots and taking one catch to help their run chase end in style.

Buttler was another key contributor, showing he can still have an impact in Test cricket. During the white-ball leg of this tour he scored two half centuries and took five catches – an outstanding display!

But his struggles in Test cricket continued, with inconsistent performances that indicated more is yet to come from him. But this performance served as a signal that something amazing lies ahead for him.

Angelo Mathews and Kamindu Mendis made valiant attempts to hold off England in the morning session of Day 4, but eventually succumbed to Adil Rashid’s variations of pace and flight.

Although Sri Lanka gave their all, England delivered an outstanding bowling performance and left Sri Lanka short of reaching par total. Sri Lanka must do much work if they wish to improve their Test performances going forward.

Now tied at 1-1, both teams will look to secure victory in their remaining matches of this series. England are determined to build on their impressive red-ball success while Sri Lanka are looking for ways to turn things around before Christmas Day arrives.

England’s 276-run win

England have won their opening Test against Sri Lanka to take an unassailable 2-0 lead. Joe Root was outstanding while Gus Atkinson displayed some brilliant middle order performance. Sri Lanka showed some resilience with captain Dhananjaya de Silva and debutant Milan Rathnayake providing much-needed respite on an unforgiving pitch.

After an excellent start, Sri Lankan batsmen struggled to find their feet against England’s superior bowling unit and eventually fell away from them. Many wickets fell due to poor shot selection or mistakes in field. Kamindu Mendis and Dinesh Chandimal provided some stability, yet ultimately were insufficient in keeping their team intact.

Pathum Nissanka and Angelo Mathews both scored quick centuries to take their score up to 326 in their second innings for visitors, who appeared vulnerable at first in their chase; but Joe Root and Harry Brook held strong to take it deep into the final session of play.

Even after Asitha Fernando dismissed Brook against the run of play and Jos Buttler was caught at third slip off Raveendran Shanmugam’s bowling, both players managed to remain calm and composed and ultimately bring home victory without incident.

England players were clearly delighted with their performance and eager to celebrate with fans afterward. England have an exciting few weeks ahead as they prepare to face Australia in a 3-match T20I series and New Zealand in a 5-match ODI series, while Pakistan could prove a more difficult test opponent – particularly as host Pakistan will hope for an upset win to kick-start an outstanding winter campaign.