Eng vs SL 1st Test: England Wins First Test Match

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The England Cricket Team registered a close-fought 5-wicket win in the first test match against the spirited Sri Lankan team played at Old Trafford, Manchester on 24th August 2024.

Chasing down 205 runs to win, Ben Duckett and Dan Lawrence began off to a positive start before Duckett was dismissed by a lovely delivery from Ashita Fernando. Duckett and Lawrence added 34 runs for the opening wicket.

Ollie Pope’s struggle continued in the 2nd innings also dismissed by Prabath Jayasuriya caught by Dhananjaya de Silva. Lawrence looked impressive before being trapped in front of the wicket by Rathnayake. Joe Root showed his composure along with Harry Brook.

After the tea break, Root and Brook steadied the ship for England. Harry Brook provided a simple return catch to Prabath Jayasuriya to give Sri Lanka some hope of winning. Root and Brook added 49 runs for the 4th wicket. Root looked steady keeping the strike rotating while Jamie Smith showed intent with some lovely strokes against Lankan bowlers.

Ashita Fernando produced a lovely delivery to dismiss Jamie Smith. Smith and Root put on 64 runs for the 5th wicket. Root remained calm, reaching fifty off 108 deliveries. Root hit the winning runs with a boundary to register an impressive win.  

It was a great performance by the England team after being in trouble on both occasions. For his 111 and 39, Jamie Smith was named the player of the match.

England takes a 1-0 lead in the 3-match Test series against Sri Lanka. Both teams now will head to Lords, London for the 2nd match to be played from 29th August onwards.

England 358 in 85.3 overs (Jamie Smith 111, Harry Brook 56, Asitha Fernando 4/103, Prabath Jayasuriya 3/85) and 205 for 5 in 57.2 overs (Joe Root 62*, Jamie Smith 39, Ashita Fernando 2/25) beat Sri Lanka 236 in 74 overs (Dhananjaya de Silva 74, Milne Rathnayake 72, Chris Woakes 3/32, Shoaib Bashir 3/55) and 326 in 89.3 overs (Kamindu Mendis 113, Dinesh Chandimal 79, Chris Woakes 3/58, Potts 3/47) by 5 wickets.



 





England beat Sri Lanka in the first Test match 

 

 

 

 

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