- First Test, day four: Sri Lanka 236 & 358; England 358 & 205-5
- Batter’s unbeaten 67 sees off determined visitors
The stage was set for another dose of so-called Bazball, England set a target of 205 to win the first Test against Sri Lanka with 66 overs left in the fourth day; the kind of run chase they have looked to utterly vaporise these past two and a half years.
What followed was anything but a cruise, rather a cagey, tense affair as Sri Lanka, buoyed by a sublime 113 from Kamindu Mendis earlier in the piece, pushed their hosts all the way.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/24/england-sri-lanka-day-four-first-test-match-report-cricket
Author : Ali Martin at Emirates Old Trafford
Publish date : 2024-08-24 18:57:29
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