🏏 :engerland: England (and :walesisntit: Wales) Cricket 2024

2 dtopped catches gonna cost

Been trying to change ball all afternoon
Changed it ball going round corners Matthews gone after holding it together.
VAR saves Rathanayake

And again VAR saves him

190-6

Wood pulls up in run up. Goes off after 2 balls.
Root comes on 2nd ball Rathnayaka plays an awful hoick.
Duckett with the catch

Mark Wood out of rest of Test with a leg injury

Sun is shining at OT.

Sri Lanka lead England by 192 runs with 3 wickets remaining

Atkinson got Mendes after the rain break but bowled only 2 overs as was expensive so Potts came on got Jayasuriya

England require 204 runs to win with 10 wickets remaining

Brilliant catch down leg by the substitute keeper to dismiss Duckett
Except he rolls over on it into the deck
Duckett has to walk back to the crease…
Football time

he’s gone now
Duckett c Kusal b A Fernando 11 (Eng 34-1)
England require 166 runs to win with 9 wickets remaining

Pope c De Silva b Jayasuriya 6 (Eng 56-2)
England require 148 runs to win with 8 wickets remaining

Lawrence lbw b Rathnayake 34 (Eng 70-3)

Oh

Tea 82-3 (22.0)

England require 123 runs to win with 7 wickets remaining

England require 100 runs to win with 7 wickets remaining

Good to see Jayasuriyas’ hair transplant worked.

Still looking good with his spinners

119-4
Brooks gone
So glad we dropped a batsman for the extra bowler

1st boundary for an hour

Then 2 in 2 balls from Smith

147-4
58 needed

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