England secure first day advantage over Sri Lanka in 1st Test

England won the toss and decided to bat against Sri Lanka in the 1^st Test at the Galle International Stadium, Galle today.

England 321 - 8 (Sam Curran 48, Ben Foakes 87* ; Dilruwan Perera 4-70)

Sri Lanka – Yet to Bat

At Close of Play – England are 321 for 8

Scorecard

What a day of Test cricket!

How would you sum it up? ????

Scorecard: https://t.co/SXSxtRHyoU#SLvENG pic.twitter.com/OPzBow2yeH

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) November 6, 2018

At the close of play on first day of the 1^st Test between Sri Lanka and Englane, England are 321-8.

It was mixed fortunes for the England batsmen, Rory Burns, Moeen Ali (1^st ball) and Ben Stokes all out cheaply and Keaton Jennings 46, Joe Root 35, Jos Buttler 38, Sam Curran 48 all getting a start but not converting it into a big score.

It was, however, Ben Foakes who starred for England with the bat on the first day and Dilruwan Perera 4-70 for Sri Lanka with the ball; which left England with a slight advantage at the close of play with 300+ runs on the board.

If England can get another 30-50 runs tomorrow, then the pressure will be on the Sri Lankan batsmen to step up and try and get a 1^st innings advantage over England.

 

Sri Lanka - Kaushal Silva, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal(c), Angelo Mathews, Niroshan Dickwella(wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Dilruwan Perera, Akila Dananjaya, Suranga Lakmal, Rangana Herath

England - Rory Burns, Keaton Jennings, Moeen Ali, Joe Root(c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Ben Foakes(wk), Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Jack Leach, James Anderson

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