Sri Lanka vs England 2nd Test: England fight back against Sri Lanka on Day 2

Another hard-fought day of Test cricket in Galle saw England close the day trailing Sri Lanka by 283 runs.

 

Match Summary

Sri Lanka 381/10 (139.3 ov)

England *98/2 (30 ov)

Day 2 - Stumps England trail by 284 runs.

Scorecard

 

50th Test fifty for Joe Root ??

He converted it into a double hundred in the last match.

How many will he get in this game?#SLvENG pic.twitter.com/aozmRkFgIi

— ICC (@ICC) January 23, 2021

 

Sri Lanka scored another 152 runs today, posting 381 in their 1^st Innings, mainly thanks to Niroshan Dickwella, who hit an impressive 92 and Dilruwan Perera who scored 67. Jimmy Anderson (6-40) was outstanding for England, well supported by Mark Wood (3-84).

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Kusal Perera - 4.1 ov), 2-7 (Oshada Fernando - 4.5 ov), 3-76 (Lahiru Thirimanne - 26.2 ov), 4-193 (Dinesh Chandimal - 68.6 ov), 5-232 (Angelo Mathews - 88.6 ov), 6-243 (Ramesh Mendis - 91.6 ov), 7-332 (Niroshan Dickwella - 120.4 ov), 8-332 (Suranga Lakmal - 120.6 ov), 9-364 (Lasith Embuldeniya - 132.6 ov), 10-381 (Dilruwan Perera - 139.3 ov)

 

England got off to a terrible start losing both openers early on Zak Crawley and Dominic Sibley and were 5-2 at one stage.

However, Joe Root 67* (hitting his 50th Test half century) and Jonny Baistow 24* took England to close of play, on day 2, without any further loss of wickets – setting up a great third day to look forward to for both sets of fans, in Galle.

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Dom Sibley - 5.2 ov), 2-5 (Zak Crawley - 7.1 ov)

 

 

Playing XIs

Sri Lanka - Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Perera, Oshada Fernando, Dinesh Chandimal(c), Angelo Mathews, Niroshan Dickwella(wk), Ramesh Mendis, Dilruwan Perera, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Asitha Fernando

England - Zak Crawley, Dominic Sibley, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root(c), Dan Lawrence, Jos Buttler(wk), Sam Curran, Dom Bess, Jack Leach, Mark Wood, James Anderson

 

Match Details

Start Time: 04:30

Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat

Venue: Galle International Stadium, Galle

Officials: Handunnettige Dharmasena, Ruchira Palliyaguruge, Lyndon Hannibal, Raja Wimalasiri, Ranjan Madugalle

 

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