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 scrape home to series whitewash 3-0 against Sri Lanka
England scraped home by 42 runs in the 3rd and final Test, of the three match series, to take the series 3-0 against Sri Lanka.
Match Summary
Result – England won by 42 runs
IT’S A WHITEWASH!!! ??????
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) November 26, 2018
Scorecard: https://t.co/okSJOAHuGp#SLvENG pic.twitter.com/wjkToB3cbV
It was a tight finish in the end and Sri Lanka fought courageously to get a positive result, especially the 10th 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
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