Sri Lanka 196 all out in reply to England’s 427 in 2nd test
August 30, 2024 11:01 pm
Sri Lanka were dismissed for 196 in reply to England’s first-innings 427, a deficit of 231 runs, on the second day of the second test at Lord’s on Friday.
Kamindu Mendis, fresh from a hundred in England’s five-wicket win in the first test of a three-match series at Old Trafford last week, was the only Sri Lankan to keep England at bay before he was last man out for 74 in an innings where no other batsman made more than 23.
England’s four-strong seam attack all took two wickets each, with Matthew Potts returning figures of 2-19 in 11 overs and veteran paceman Chris Woakes 2-21 in 13.
Stand-in England captain Ollie Pope, again leading the side in place of the injured Ben Stokes, opted against enforcing the follow-on, with 16 overs left in the day’s play.
ENGLAND: Dan Lawrence, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (captain), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Olly Stone, Gus Atkinson, Matthew Potts, Shoaib Bashir.
SRI LANKA: Dimuth Karunaratne, Nishan Madushka(wicketkeeper), Pathum Nissanka, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya de Silva (captain), Kamindu Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Milan Rathnayake, Asitha Fernando, Lahiru Kumara.
Source: AFP
--Agencies
