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

46.2
Milan Rathnayake to Jamie Smith, 3 runs, 133kph, pitched up, Smith plays a good-looking stright drive. The ball hits the bowler's boot and goes straight of mid-off. DDS gives the chase and as he slides,
46.1
Milan Rathnayake to Root, 1 run, 136kph, pitched up, Root walks forward and across to flick it to deep midwicket
45.6
P Jayasuriya to Jamie Smith, no run, 82kph, tossed up ball and Smith defends forward. Maiden over
45.5
P Jayasuriya to Jamie Smith, no run, 81kph, slides on with the arm, Smith blocks with his bat in front of his pad
45.4
P Jayasuriya to Jamie Smith, no run, 81kph, fuller and straighter, clipped to midwicket
45.3
P Jayasuriya to Jamie Smith, no run, 84kph, full again, Smith presses forward to defend it to cover
45.2
P Jayasuriya to Jamie Smith, no run, 81kph, in-drifter, Smith stays back to a fairly full ball and blocks it out
45.1
P Jayasuriya to Jamie Smith, no run, slow non-turner on middle, punched to short midwicket
44.6
Milan Rathnayake to Root, FOUR, edged and four! Chases this wide-ish length ball for a cover drive and gets a thick outside edge. Eludes the diving gully fielder to his left.
44.5
Milan Rathnayake to Root, no run, plays late and chops it to gully who takes it on the bounce over his head
44.4
Milan Rathnayake to Root, no run, 133kph, length ball outside off, left alone
44.3
Milan Rathnayake to Root, no run, back of a length, punched to backward point
44.2
Milan Rathnayake to Root, FOUR, 132kph, width on offer and Root pounces. Stays back and expertly cuts it
The ball passes the hoop test..
44.1
Milan Rathnayake to Root, no run, fullish delivery angled in, Root brings his bat down hurriedly to defend it down the pitch
43.6
P Jayasuriya to Jamie Smith, FOUR, 83kph, Jayasuriya serves width and the length allows the batsman to play off the back foot. Treks back and punches through the covers finding the gap between two fielders.
43.5
P Jayasuriya to Jamie Smith, no run, 80kph, flighted ball, Smith gets forward and defends
43.4
P Jayasuriya to Jamie Smith, no run, 85kph, length ball on middle, clipped to midwicket off the back foot
43.3
P Jayasuriya to Jamie Smith, no run, spins away a bit, Smith
43.2
P Jayasuriya to Jamie Smith, no run, 82kph, tossed up delivery, Smith is content in stonewalling it