England created history, defeated Sri Lanka at Lord’s after 33 years, also won the series

New Delhi. England defeated Sri Lanka by 190 runs in the Lord’s Test match. With this victory, host Sri Lanka took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match Test series. England’s fast bowler Gus Atkinson opened the innings in the second innings. England had given Sri Lanka a record target of 483 runs to win. The Lankan team collapsed while chasing the target on the fourth day itself. The visiting team scored 292 runs in the second innings. Atkinson, who scored a brilliant century in the first innings, took 5 wickets for 62 runs in the second innings. Veteran batsman Joe Root laid the foundation for the team’s big victory by scoring centuries in both innings.

Chasing a world record 483 runs, Sri Lanka (ENG vs SL) started the day at 53 for 2. Sri Lanka lost the wicket of nightwatchman Prabhat Jayasuriya (four) early. He was caught at second slip off Chris Woakes. Karunaratne and Angelo Mathews (36) then shared a 55-run partnership to salvage the innings. After scoring a half-century for the 54th time in Tests, Karunaratne failed to handle Ollie Stone’s bouncing ball and the ball hit his gloves and went into the hands of wicketkeeper Jamie Smith.

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Shoaib Bashir broke the partnership by dismissing Mathews
After lunch, Mathews batted cautiously while Dinesh Chandimal (58) adopted an aggressive approach. Shoaib Bashir broke the 59-run partnership between the two by dismissing Mathews. Mathews returned to the pavilion after giving an easy catch to Woakes in the cover area. Gus Atkinson, who scored a century in the first innings, then almost ensured England’s victory by dismissing Chandimal and Kamindu Mendis (four). After tea, he ended captain Dhananjay de Silva’s 50-run innings and broke the 73-run partnership for the eighth wicket with Milan Ratnayake (43).

Atkinson opened his claws by dismissing Ratnayake
Atkinson then got the fifth wicket by dismissing Ratnayake. Woakes and Stone took two wickets each. England won the first match of the series by 5 wickets in Manchester last week. The third match of the series will be played at The Oval ground from Friday.

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