Bairstow returns with a century – Sri Lanka hit back late

England tour of Sri Lanka 2018 | 3rd Test – Day 01

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The 3rd and final Test between England and Sri Lanka kicked-off at the SSC grounds in Colombo earlier today.

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Joe Root once again won the toss, for an astonishing 8th consecutive time, and decided to bat first on a dry pitch. Taking full advantage of the conditions, the English top-order reasserted their dominance over the Sri Lankan bowlers as they ended day 01 with 312 runs for the loss of 7 wickets.

Both Sri Lanka and England made 2 changes apiece to their line-ups as Danushka Gunathilaka and Lakshan Sandakan replaced Kaushal Silva and Akila Dananjaya for the hosts while Jonny Bairstow and Stuart Broad were picked ahead of Sam Curran and James Anderson for England.

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The English opening pair of Rory Burns and Keaton Jennings were separated early in the 8th over by Dilruwan Perera as Burns missed a straight one, which went on to kiss the top of off-stump. Malinda Pushpakumara then struck in his very first over, dismissing Jennings who flicked one straight to Roshen Silva at leg-slip.

Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow came together and hit the inconsistent Sri Lankan spinners to all parts of the ground, taking England from 36 to 102 by lunch.

Not for the first time this series, Sri Lanka wasted both their reviews early on in England’s innings, trying to break the threatening stand and challenging the umpire quite blindly. Root also was given a chance when wicket-keeper Niroshan Dickwella missed a tough stumping opportunity off a delivery from Lakshan Sandakan which spun sharply.

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Having taken the advantage by lunch England continued to compile runs quite effortlessly in the post-lunch session. Sri Lanka’s only success during the period was the dismissal of Joe Root for 46. Root trying to reach to his half-century with a glory shot, top-edged a Lakshan Sandakan delivery which ended safely in Danushka Gunathilaka’s hands at mid-wicket.

Ben Stokes coming in at his usual position, number 5, looked rusty in the beginning and was trapped in front trying to play Dilruwan Perera on the back-foot. Umpire Chris Gaffaney turned Sri Lanka’s appeal down only for replays to show that the ball was heading towards the stumps.

Taking maximum use of the given chance Ben Stokes went on to score his 16th Test half-century. Jonny Bairstow on the other end had no problems facing the Sri Lankan bowlers as he cruised to a comfortable 165-ball century. Having missed out on both the concluded tests due to an injury, he announced his comeback in style with a hundred.

Following the century stand between Bairstow and Root, Bairstow and Stokes almost repeated the feat only to be denied by a beauty produced by Sandakan after a long run of inconsistent bowling. Stokes was the victim as he edged it to Dhananjaya de Silva at slips for 57 runs.

Soon after Stokes’ dismissal Bairstow missed a Sandakan delivery completely, bringing to an end his wonderful knock of 110 runs. He was saved due to an error by umpire S. Ravi later after he missed a straight Sandakan delivery trying to sweep. Sri Lanka once again suffered due to the loss of reviews early in the day.

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Lakshan Sandakan struck with Jos Buttler’s wicket as he held on to a sharp return catch. Shortly after Niroshan Dickwella put down a low catch of Moeen Ali who nicked a sharp delivery by Lakshan Sandakan.

Moeen Ali was given his second chance in the 3rd over after the 2nd new ball was taken as Dimuth Karunaratne dropped a sitter off a beautifully delivery by Dilruwan Perera. In the same over Ali challenged umpire S. Ravi’s decision against him successfully. S. Ravi once again had to overturn a given decision against Moeen Ali suggesting that the day dominated by Bairstow was also a day full of poor umpiring decisions.

Strengthening Sri Lanka’s late comeback in the day Malinda Pushpkumara dismissed England’s number 08, Ben Foakes.

Moeen Ali having survived through two catches and two reviews walked away unbeaten on 23 along with Adil Rashid on 13 at stumps. England ended the day on a high with 312 runs for 7 wickets in 88.1 overs.

Sri Lanka will be desperate to remove the remaining 3 wickets early on day 3 and put up a decent batting display to salvage pride.









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Full Scorecard

England

336/10 & 230/10

(69.5 overs)

Result

Sri Lanka

240/10 & 284/10

(86.4 overs)

England won by 42 runs

England ‘s 1st Innings

Batting R B
Rory Burns b D Perera 14 34
Keaton Jennings c R Silva b M Pushpakumara 13 24
Jonny Bairstow b L Sandakan 110 186
Joe Root c D Gunathilaka b L Sandakan 46 79
Ben Stokes c D De Silva b L Sandakan 57 88
Jos Butler c & b L Sandakan 16 26
Moeen Ali c A Mathews b D Perera 33 55
Ben Foakes c N Dickwella b M Pushpakumara 13 26
Adil Rashid not out 21 31
Stuart Broad b L Sandakan 0 2
Jack Leach c A Mathews b D Perera 2 7
Extras
11 (b 7, lb 3, nb 1)
Total
336/10 (92.5 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-22 (R Burns, 7.5 ov), 2-36 (K Jennings, 10.5 ov), 3-136 (J Root, 38.1 ov), 4-235 (B Stokes, 64.5 ov), 5-254 (J Bairstow, 70.4 ov), 6-265 (J Butler, 74.4 ov), 7-294 (B Foakes, 83.1 ov), 8-328 (M Ali, 90.5 ov), 9-329 (S Broad, 91.2 ov), 10-336 (J Leach, 92.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Suranga Lakmal 11 2 33 0 3.00
Dilruwan Perera 32.5 1 113 3 3.48
Malinda Pushpakumara 20 3 64 2 3.20
Lakshan Sandakan 22 0 95 5 4.32
Dhananjaya de Silva 5 0 16 0 3.20
Danushka Gunathilaka 2 0 5 0 2.50

Sri Lanka’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
Danushka Gunathilaka c K Jennings b J Leach 18 41
Dimuth Karunarathne c K Jennings b A Rashid 83 125
Dhananjaya de Silva c K Jennings b A Rashid 73 129
Kusal Mendis c B Stokes b A Rashid 27 36
Angelo Mathews c B Foakes b B Stokes 5 7
Roshen Silva c K Jennings b A Rashid 3 9
Niroshan Dickwella c B Foakes b B Stokes 5 16
Dilruwan Perera c B Foakes b B Stokes 0 5
Suranga Lakmal not out 3 9
Lakshan Sandakan (runout) 2 4
Malinda Pushpakumara lbw by A Rashid 13 14
Extras
8 (lb 7, w 1)
Total
240/10 (65.5 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-31 (D Gunathilaka, 11.4 ov), 2-173 (De Silva, 47.3 ov), 3-187 (D Karunarathne, 51.6 ov), 4-200 (A Mathews, 54.1 ov), 5-205 (R Silva, 55.6 ov), 6-222 (N Dickwella, 60.2 ov), 7-222 (K Mendis, 61.1 ov), 8-222 (D Perera, 62.1 ov), 9-224 (L Sandakan, 62.5 ov), 10-240 (M Pushpakumara, 65.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Stuart Broad 9 2 36 0 4.00
Jack Leach 18 2 59 1 3.28
Moeen Ali 13 2 55 0 4.23
Adil Rashid 13.5 2 49 5 3.63
Joe Root 2 0 4 0 2.00
Ben Stokes 10 1 30 3 3.00

England ‘s 2nd Innings

Batting R B
Rory Burns lbw by D Perera 7 27
Keaton Jennings lbw by D Perera 1 12
Jonny Bairstow c K Silva b D Perera 15 31
Joe Root c & b M Pushpakumara 7 9
Ben Stokes c M Pushpakumara b D Perera 42 63
Jos Butler st. N Dickwella b L Sandakan 64 79
Moeen Ali c D De Silva b L Sandakan 22 53
Ben Foakes not out 36 82
Adil Rashid c N Dickwella b M Pushpakumara 24 48
Stuart Broad c K Mendis b M Pushpakumara 1 5
Jack Leach c N Dickwella b D Perera 0 13
Extras
11 (b 3, lb 4, w 1, nb 3)
Total
230/10 (69.5 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-3 (K Jennings, 4.1 ov), 2-20 (R Burns, 10.1 ov), 3-35 (J Bairstow, 12.3 ov), 4-39 (J Root, 13.6 ov), 5-128 (B Stokes, 31.5 ov), 6-168 (J Butler, 44.1 ov), 7-171 (M Ali, 46.2 ov), 8-215 (A Rashid, 60.6 ov), 9-217 (S Broad, 62.4 ov), 10-230 (J Leach, 69.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Dilruwan Perera 29.5 3 88 5 2.98
Malinda Pushpakumara 12 2 28 3 2.33
Dhananjaya de Silva 9 1 24 0 2.67
Suranga Lakmal 3 1 7 0 2.33
Lakshan Sandakan 16 1 76 2 4.75

Sri Lanka’s 2nd Innings

Batting R B
Danushka Gunathilaka c B Stokes b M Ali 6 20
Dimuth Karunarathne b M Ali 23 36
Dhananjaya de Silva lbw by J Leach 0 7
Kusal Mendis (runout) J Leach 86 129
Angelo Mathews c S Broad b B Stokes 5 9
Lakshan Sandakan c B Stokes b J Leach 7 41
Roshen Silva lbw by M Ali 65 161
Niroshan Dickwella c K Jennings b J Leach 19 19
Dilruwan Perera c K Jennings b M Ali 5 22
Suranga Lakmal lbw by J Leach 11 38
Malinda Pushpakumara not out 42 40
Extras
15 (b 8, w 5, nb 2)
Total
284/10 (86.4 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-15 (D Gunathilaka, 5.5 ov), 2-24 (De Silva, 8.3 ov), 3-34 (D Karunarathne, 11.6 ov), 4-52 (A Mathews, 16.1 ov), 5-82 (L Sandakan, 26.6 ov), 6-184 (K Mendis, 57.4 ov), 7-214 (N Dickwella, 65.2 ov), 8-225 (D Perera, 72.3 ov), 9-226 (R Silva, 74.1 ov), 10-284 (S Lakmal, 86.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Stuart Broad 5 0 14 0 2.80
Moeen Ali 26 3 92 4 3.54
Jack Leach 28.4 4 72 4 2.54
Ben Stokes 8 1 25 1 3.13
Adil Rashid 19 1 73 0 3.84







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