Twitter Reactions: England breeze past Sri Lanka with comfortable first Test win
England defeated Sri Lanka by five wickets in the first Test.
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Day 4 of the first Test between England and Sri Lanka saw the hosts register a comfortable victory. The third day of the clash left Sri Lanka on a score of 204 runs with the loss of six wickets and a lead of 82 runs as well. With the start of Day 4, Sri Lanka managed to post a reasonable target for England.
The visitors managed to post a total of 326 runs in the second innings as Kamindu Mendis scored 113 runs in 185 deliveries. As for England, Matthew Potts and Chris Woakes were the highest wicket-takers in the second innings, with three wickets to their names. Gus Atkinson took two wickets, with Mark Wood and Shoaib Bashir striking once each.
Aiming to chase down the total, England managed to breeze past Sri Lanka. With a target of 205 runs, the hosts opened their innings with Ben Duckett and Dan Lawrence scoring 11 and 34 runs, respectively. Furthermore, skipper Ollie Pope added six runs to the scoreboard.
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Veteran batter Joe Root was the star of the run chase with an unbeaten knock of 62 runs in 128 balls. Harry Brook and Jamie Smith added 32 and 39 runs on the board, respectively, with Chris Woakes scoring 8* runs as England chased the target and won the game by five wickets.
As for Sri Lanka, Asitha Fernando and Prabath Jayasuriya were the highest wicket-takers for the side, with two wickets each to their names; Milan Rathnayake took one wicket as well.
Having secured a win in the first Test, England will quickly look to shift their focus to the upcoming clash. Both England and Sri Lanka will take on each other in the second Test at the Lordโs Cricket Ground on August 29.
Here's how X reacted to Day 4 of the first ENG-SL Test:
Joe Root was the hero of this match. SL gave a good performance but England played better. #ENGvSL
โ Tanuj Singh (@TheTanuj10) August 24, 2024
Good stuff from Sri Lanka. No prep, nightmare start, alien conditions, and they really fought hard. |
โ Dial Square (@ConceptArsenal) August 24, 2024
Chandimal coming back after that nasty blow was pure test cricket. ๐๐ฑ๐ฐ
Well done boys 4 wins out of 4 tests this summer ๐
โ Duncan (@duncan19999) August 24, 2024
Srilanka lost 4 wicket in just span of time ...50 60 runs short ...otherwise things would be different #joeroot #ENGvsSL #OldTrafford
โ SATYENDRA NAIN (@SatyendraNain) August 24, 2024
Kamindu Mendis ๐๐๐
โ Jimmy (@FarziTalks) August 24, 2024
ENGLAND DEFEATED SRI LANKA BY 5 WICKETS....!!!!
โ Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) August 24, 2024
- Joe Root is the hero in the run chase. ๐ฅ pic.twitter.com/V1c67ZavI5
Best bestman this time in Test cricket
โ JassPreet (@JassPreet96) August 24, 2024
- 61 Average in 2021.
โ Sahidul Islam (@Sahidul4u) August 25, 2024
- 45.75 Average in 2022.
- 65.58 Average in 2023.
- 51.07 Average in 2024.
THE PEAK OF JOE ROOT IN TEST CRICKET - The best ever batter from England #joeroot #CricketUpdate #TestCricket #ENGvSL pic.twitter.com/RGMOP9wXpN
150 runs in the match, ๐
โ Pragnesh Patel (@Pragnesh1935) August 25, 2024
Maiden Test century, 4 dismissals Player of the Match ๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ #JamieSmith #ENGvSL #SLvENG
๐ธ/ @englandcricket pic.twitter.com/6zKDFjpnMD
Most fifties in Test cricket
โ cricket lover (@sportslover2007) August 25, 2024
68 - Sachin Tendulkar
66 - S Chanderpaul
64 - JOE ROOT *
63 - Allan Border
63 - Rahul Dravid
62 - Ricky Ponting#ENGvSL #EnglandCricket #Root
In fourth innings wins, Joe Root has amassed an impressive 602 runs at an average of 100.33. ๐ฅถ๐ฅ
โ Ajay Chorage (@_AjayChorage) August 25, 2024
-The only player in Test history with a better average and more runs is Kane Williamson, who boasts 682 runs at a staggering 171.50.๐ฅ๐ฅ
-Can Root close the gap? ๐ค #ENGvSL
Joe Root is the single greatest batter Iโll ever watch. In any conditions, whoever the opponent, itโs him, the one and only, Joe Root, thank you for every single run #engvsl pic.twitter.com/wDCp5Mtr4H
โ Jordan Davies (@jordandavies09) August 25, 2024
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