The spinners leave England out of breath | Cricbuzz.com

England was too aggressive after losing two early and paying the price. © AFP

The final test of Rangana Herath, and Sri Lanka did everything right during the first session at Galle The left arm was itself at the center of the party, picking up the most important portico of the lot, and was well supported by Suranga Lakmal and Dilruwan Perera while England was preparing to lunch in any case. to disturb to 113 for 5.

England had won the draw and chose to beat at Galle, who hosted the teams at surprisingly dry England seemed resolved to attack the bowlers of Sri Lanka from the beginning, which resulted in most of their wickets. Reat jumped down the track and ended up delivering an innocuous delivery from Herath, Keaton Jennings attempted to cut a Perera's lengthy delivery abruptly, while Ben Stokes premeditated the sweeping of the paddle and lost his central stump around His legs.

good bowling too. England was forced to try to make shots because the spinners at home rolled in tight lines. Suranga Lakmal was effective with the new ball, eliminating beginner Rory Burns – strangled on the side of the legs – and Moeen Ali for a golden duck with a quick tie around the wicket.

The first pair of Lakmal wickets left England staggers at 10 for 2 and forced Root and Jennings to try to get out of trouble. It worked. The pair exchanged points while England broke the 50-point mark in no time at all. England shot herself in the foot while she should have consolidated on the wharf.

Herath was greeted by a loud bang that went off the ground, but it created a bigger impact by throwing a bowling alley at the English captain. . That should have caused England to calm things down a bit, but they missed it. Jennings and Stokes fell to Perera on either side, making one hundred. Less than two hours into his debut, Ben Foakes tasted the pressure of test cricket, but the goaltender played the spinners well. The only factor that will prevent Sri Lanka will be losing both critics even before the end of the first hour.

Short Notes: 113/5 (Keaton Jennings 46, Joe Root 35, Suranga Lakmal 2-18, Dilruwan Perera 2-21)

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