Recent Match
Sri Lanka tour of England, 2024, 2nd Test, London, Aug 29th, 2024

England

(101.6 ov) 427/10 (54.3 ov) 251/10

Sri Lanka

(55.3 ov) 196/10 (86.4 ov) 292/10

Complete England won by 190 runs

Player of Match: Gus Atkinson

36.1
Milan Rathnayake to Jamie Smith, no run, good length on off and middle, Smith is half-forward as he defends to mid-on
35.6
P Jayasuriya to Jamie Smith, 1 run, tossed up and drifting in around off, Smith shimmies down and flicks it wide of long-on
35.5
P Jayasuriya to Jamie Smith, no run
35.4
P Jayasuriya to Jamie Smith, no run
35.3
P Jayasuriya to Jamie Smith, no run
35.2
P Jayasuriya to Root, 1 run, the runs keep coming from Root as he brings up yet another fifty! Tossed up outside off, drifting in from round the wicket and he looks to push it into the off-side. Gets deceived by the drift slightly and it goes off the inside half to long-on
35.1
P Jayasuriya to Jamie Smith, 1 run, plenty of flight outside off, overpitched, and Smith drives to deep point
34.6
Milan Rathnayake to Root, no run, good length just outside off, steered to gully
34.5
Milan Rathnayake to Root, 2 runs, full outside off, Root drives sweetly to the right of deep point and gets back for two more
34.4
Milan Rathnayake to Root, 2 runs, full outside off, Root reaches out and drives through the covers.
34.3
Milan Rathnayake to Root, no run
34.2
Milan Rathnayake to Root, no run, good length just outside off, defended in front of gully
34.1
Milan Rathnayake to Root, no run
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Stat: Joe Root is now England’s leading run-scorer against Sri Lanka in Tests (1293), having gone past Alastair Cook’s tally of 1290.
13:02 Local Time, 12:02 GMT, 17:32 IST | Lunch, day three: This session - 27 overs | 134 runs | 3 wickets.
33.6
P Jayasuriya to Jamie Smith, 2 runs, comes down the track and drives through wide mid-on for a couple of runs
Final ball of the session
33.5
P Jayasuriya to Root, 1 run, 80kph, straighter line, flicked to deep square leg
33.4
P Jayasuriya to Root, no run, fullish on middle, pushed to the right of the bowler