England scrape home to series whitewash 3-0 against Sri Lanka

by Alastair Symondson Monday 26 November 2018

Sri Lanka's Kusal Mendis (R) is crucially run out by England's Jack Leach (not pictured) as England's Adil Rashid celebrates.

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England scraped home by 42 runs in the 3^rd and final Test, of the three match series, to take the series 3-0 against Sri Lanka.

Match Summary

England 336 (Jonny Bairstow 110, Ben Stokes 57; Lakshan Sandakan 5-95) and 230 (Jos Buttler 64; Dilruwan Perera 5-88)

Sri Lanka – 240 (Dimuth Karunaratne 83, Dhananjaya de Silva 73; Adil Rashid 5-49, Ben Stokes 3-30) and 284 (Kusal Mendis 86, Roshen Silva 65, Malinda Pushpakumara 42*; Moeen Ali 4-92, Jack Leach 3-72 )

Result – England won by 42 runs

Scorecard

IT’S A WHITEWASH!!! ??????

Scorecard: https://t.co/okSJOAHuGp #SLvENG pic.twitter.com/wjkToB3cbV
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) November 26, 2018

It was a tight finish in the end and Sri Lanka fought courageously to get a positive result, especially the 10^th wicket pair of Lakshan Sandakan and Malinda Pushpakumara 42* who put on 58 for the last wicket. However, it was not to be Sri Lanka’s day and England won by 42 runs.

Sri Lanka - Dimuth Karunaratne, Danushka Gunathilaka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Roshen Silva, Niroshan Dickwella(wk), Dilruwan Perera, Suranga Lakmal(c), Lakshan Sandakan, Malinda Pushpakumara

England - Rory Burns, Keaton Jennings, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root(c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali, Ben Foakes(wk), Adil Rashid, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach