Sri Lanka 74 for 1 in respond to England in third Test

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka reached 74 for one in respond to England’s initial innings sum of 336 all out during lunch on day dual of a third Test compare during a Sinhalese Sports Club drift on Saturday. Sri Lanka route by 262 runs with 9 wickets in hand.

Resuming from a overnight measure of 311 for seven, it took Sri Lanka 24 mins to play out a opposition.

England’s tail-enders had played a wilful partial in their array win entrance adult with important contributions with a bat, though a Sri Lankans were means to hit off a tail though most damage.

Bowler Lakshan Sandakan, personification his initial diversion in a series, finished with a 5 wicket transport and he was good corroborated adult by off-spinner Dilruwan Perera (three for 113) and left-arm approved spinner Malinda Pushpakumara (two for 64) as a spinners claimed all England wickets.

Openers Dimuth Karunaratne (28) and Danushka Gunathilaka (18) combined 31 runs for a initial wicket before Jack Leach done a breakthrough with Keaton Jennings pulling off a good locate during brief leg to boot Karunaratne.

England should have discharged Karunaratne as good though captain Joe Root during initial trip forsaken a locate with a batsman on two. Stuart Broad was a detrimental bowler.

Dhananjaya de Silva (28) assimilated Karunaratne after a tumble of Gunathilaka and combined an unprepared 43 runs for a second wicket.

England have already wrapped adult a 3 compare array 2-0 following their 211 run win in Galle and 57 run feat during Pallekele.

It was their initial win in Sri Lanka after 17 years.—AP

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