Dhananjaya de Silva and Milan Rathnayake performed essential knocks as Sri Lanka saved themselves from what might have been a disastrous opening day for them of their first Check in opposition to England on the Previous Trafford in Manchester. England, nevertheless, are nonetheless in command as they path by solely 214 runs with all their 10 wickets in hand of their first innings.
After opting to bat first, Sri Lanka had been lowered to six/3 in seven overs. They stored dropping wickets at common intervals and as soon as discovered themselves tottering at 113 for seven. From there on, skipper Dhananjaya de Silva and debutant Milan Rathnayake took cost and bailed their crew out of jail.
ENG vs SL, 1st Check Day 1 Highlights
The duo placed on 66 runs for the eighth wicket earlier than De Silva obtained out after scoring 74 off 84, laced with eight fours. After the captain departed, Rathnayake joined arms with Viswa Fernando to construct an important 50-run stand for the ninth wicket.
Fernando held one find yourself whereas Rathnayake took the onus of including to the scoreboard. The left-handed Rathnayake notched up his maiden Check fifty off 96 balls and even appeared good to changing it into 100. However he missed out after Shoaib Bashir dismissed him for 72.
Bashir, Woakes rattle Sri Lanka
Bashir was amongst the choose of the English bowlers together with Chris Woakes as each of them picked up three wickets apiece. Gus Atkinson obtained two wickets, one in all which was of former Sri Lankan skipper Dimuth Karunaratne.
Mark Wooden performed his half with the wicket of Kusal Mendis. Matthew Potts had a tough day within the workplace after leaking runs at an economic system price of 5.33. Joe Root additionally rolled his arms over for seven overs with none success.
Ben Duckett churned out a few fours as England completed the primary day at 22 in 4 overs. At 5:53 pm native time, play was stopped attributable to unhealthy gentle after which Stumps was known as at 6 pm.
