4s
6s
Total 4's :
41
Total 6's :
0
Wickets :
10
all
fours
sixes
wickets
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1.1
Gus Atkinson to Nishan Madushka, FOUR! Fine shot! Gus Atkinson begins with a full delivery, on middle, angling in, Nishan Madushka steps across, uses his wrist swell and whips it away through mid-wicket for a the first boundary.
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3.4
Gus Atkinson to Dimuth Karunaratne, MISFIELD AND FOUR! Fuller and around off, Dimuth Karunaratne drives it nicely though covers, Matthew Potts chases after it, slides and picks it up, but as soon as he gets up, the ball slips out of his hands and goes away for a boundary. Not ideal!
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7.1
Gus Atkinson to Nishan Madushka, OUT! TAKEN! Gus Atkinson was asking the right questions and he has opened his account for this inning! Gus Atkinson comes from 'over the wicket and bowls on a good length into the corridor of uncertainty. Nishan Madushka hangs back and looks to defend it down but it catches the outer edge of his willow and zips straight towards the first slip. Joe Root crouches a bit and gets the catch safe into his hands.
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10.5
Joe Root to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! A bit of aggressiveness from Pathum Nissanka! Joe Root tossed it up, fuller on middle. Pathum Nissanka gets down on one knee and slog sweeps the delivery over the mid-wicket region towards the fence for his first boundary of the innings.
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12.4
Matthew Potts to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Streaky, but it will work for Sri Lanka! Potts bowls fuller, once again, outside off, around the sixth stump. Pathum Nissanka prods and blocks it but catches the outer edge. The ball zips low and rolls away towards the right of the diving gully fielder for four more runs.
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12.6
Matthew Potts to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! This one is classic! Full-length delivery outside off. Pathum Nissanka plants his front foot, leans on the delivery and drives it to the right of the short cover fielder to get another boundary in the same over.
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13.6
Olly Stone to Pathum Nissanka, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Olly Stone gets Pathum Nissanka for the second time in this Test! The leg slip is in place for him again, but Stone lands this one on a good length just around off, shoots up and nips away a shy bit, Pathum Nissanka gets stranded in his crease and tries to push at it with only his hands, gets a thick outside edge that goes straight into the bread basket of Joe Root at first slip. His 200th catch in Tests and the first Englishman to do so!
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16.3
Joe Root to Dimuth Karunaratne, FOUR! A bit streaky! Floated, full and on middle, turns away a bit, Dimuth Karunaratne prods out to block but gets an outside edge, the ball zips through the ground and past Harry Brook at first slip who should have done better. It rolls away to the fence for a boundary.
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23.5
Gus Atkinson to Dimuth Karunaratne, FOUR! Dropped! Difficult! It went to him very quickly. Short and outside off. Karunaratne slashes at it, this goes off the outside edge. Root reacts a bit late to his left and only manages to get one hand on that, but this bursts through and goes down to the third man fence. That needed to stick in.
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26.2
Chris Woakes to Prabath Jayasuriya, OUT! Edged and taken! Brook takes a fine catch there and the nightwatchman is the first one to fall this morning! A well-deserved wicket for Woakes. This is fuller and around off. It shapes away. Jayasuriya looks to drive but this goes off the outside edge and Brook at second slip, takes a really good catch to his right.
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29.2
Gus Atkinson to Dimuth Karunaratne, FOUR! Fine shot! Gus Atkinson bowls a tempter here, full and wide outside off, Dimuth Karunaratne takes it on, leans on to is drive and creams it through extra covers for a boundary.
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29.3
Gus Atkinson to Dimuth Karunaratne, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries now! Getting his touch back it seems! Gus Atkinson bangs this short and around middle, sits up nicely for the batter, Dimuth Karunaratne stands tall, keeps his balance nicely and pulls it away through mid-wicket for four more runs.
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29.5
Gus Atkinson to Dimuth Karunaratne, EDGED AND FOUR! Back of a length from Gus Atkinson, on the sixth stump line, nips away with a bit of extra bounce, Dimuth Karunaratne looks to guide it away, but gets a thick outside edge, Dan Lawrence at gully dives to his right, but the ball just goes wide of him and to the fence for a boundary. Third one of the over!
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34.4
Matthew Potts to Dimuth Karunaratne, FOUR! Edged and four! Dimuth Karunaratne is getting some lucky runs! Potts bowls fuller outside off, on the fifth stump. Dimuth Karunaratne lunges and tries to block it but gets a slight outer edge and the ball rolls away to the left of gully, beating the chasing fielders for a boundary.
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35.4
Shoaib Bashir to Angelo Mathews, FOUR! TOP SHOT! Tossed up, fuller on middle and leg. Angelo Mathews plants his front foot and punches it towards the right of the bowler, to roll it away towards the long on fence for a boundary.
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43.6
Shoaib Bashir to Angelo Mathews, FOUR! Great shot! Shoaib Bashir gives this one some more flight, on middle, Angelo Mathews goes down on one knee again, and this time nails his sweep shot towards the deep square leg fence for a boundary.
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46.4
Olly Stone to Dimuth Karunaratne, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Finally, England gets the breakthrough they were craving for! Olly Stone was testing the batter with the short ball, and he lands this short of a length as well, on leg, this one shoots up off the surface, Dimuth Karunaratne looks to glance it away, but realises this one has some extra bounce on it. He fails to get his hands out of the way in time as the ball goes off the glove to the keeper where Jamie Smith makes no mistake. Karunaratne played well for his half-century but has to go back to the hut now!
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46.6
Olly Stone to Angelo Mathews, FOUR! Just wide! Short and angling into the leg side, Angelo Mathews takes it on and hooks it away, it goes aerially and just wide of Ben Duckett at leg slip for a boundary. Stone is bowling a good spell here!
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47.2
Matthew Potts to Dinesh Chandimal, FOUR! Good shot! Back of a length and around off, Dinesh Chandimal gets on top of the bounce well and crunches it through covers for his first boundary.
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48.4
Olly Stone to Dinesh Chandimal, FOUR! Put away! Olly Stone bowls this on a good length and on off, Dinesh Chandimal knows there is not much protection in the deep, gets on top of the ball and punches it sweetly through covers, Shoaib Bashir from deep point runs to his right but has no chance of stopping that from going for a boundary.
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51.1
Chris Woakes to Dinesh Chandimal, FOUR! Not from the middle of the bat but it will work for Dinesh Chandimal! Chris Woakes comes from 'over the wicket and bowls fuller, wide outside off, around seventh stump. Dimuth Karunaratne plants his front foot, leans on the delivery and punches it from the outer part of his willow. The ball rolls through the point region and Chandimal gets his boundary.
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51.2
Chris Woakes to Dinesh Chandimal, FOUR! Up and over! On a length on middle and leg. Dinesh Chandimal flicks it hard. The ball zips up and over, towards the right of the backward square leg fielder. The fielder leaps to that side but fails to get a hand on that. The ball rolls away towards the fence and it's yet another boundary for Sri Lanka.
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52.6
Shoaib Bashir to Dinesh Chandimal, FOUR! Gets it away! Pitched up, on middle and leg. Dinesh Chandimal gets down on one knee and sweeps it from the inner part of his willow towards deep backward square leg fence for four more runs.
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54.1
Shoaib Bashir to Dinesh Chandimal, FOUR! Another sweep and another boundary from Dinesh Chandimal! Shoaib Bashir bowls a bit flat this time, but a touch fuller, on middle. Dinesh Chandimal crouches to sweep it towards deep backward square leg fence for another boundary added to his account.
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54.4
Shoaib Bashir to Dinesh Chandimal, FOUR! EQUISITE! Dinesh Chandimal is looking more confident! Loopy delivery, just outside off. Dinesh Chandimal plants his front foot towards the delivery and drills it as hard as he can towards the sweeper cover fence for a boundary.
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54.5
Shoaib Bashir to Dinesh Chandimal, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries! Dinesh Chandimal is up to something! Another half-volley, just outside off. Dinesh Chandimal drives it a bit uppish but towards the vacant cover region. The ball rolls towards the fence and he gets his third one of the over.
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57.2
Chris Woakes to Dinesh Chandimal, FOUR! STEAKY! Fuller delivery on off, shaping it a shy bit away from the batter. Dinesh Chandimal looks to block this one as well but gets nicked on the outer edge, not for the first time in this inning and the ball rolls wide of the gully fielder for another lucky boundary.
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57.5
Chris Woakes to Dinesh Chandimal, FOUR! UP AND OVER! Good-length delivery on off and middle, angling it in. Dinesh Chandimal goes for a pull but miscues it pretty badly. The ball gets nicked once again on the outer edge and loops over the slip region towards the deep third man fence for boundary. FIFTY FOR CHANDIMAL! Not a way that he would wanted but he should be happy cause right no Sri Lanka does need some luck to turn the tides of the game!
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58.5
Shoaib Bashir to Angelo Mathews, OUT! TAKEN! Shoaib Bashir strikes now! The change of angle works for and he gets a big wicket here. Bashir goes around the wicket and floats this one up, full and around off, invites the batter to have a go at it, Angelo Mathews decides to take it on and tries to drive it on the up, but this one turns in a bit more than expected, and he ends up hitting it much straighter and aerially towards mid off, Chris Woakes runs to his left and pouches it safely. Credit goes to Harry Brook for calling this play just before this delivery, and Mathews finally runs out of patience here.
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59.3
Chris Woakes to Dinesh Chandimal, FOUR! Uppish but in the gap! Fuller and outside off. The drive comes out and this flies well past Gus Atkinson at short covers for a boundary.
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60.2
Shoaib Bashir to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Just over the head! Tossed up on off. Dhananjaya steps out and looks to go down the ground. It goes off the inner half but over mid on for a boundary.
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64.2
Shoaib Bashir to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Way too short and it is put away! Shorter and on off. This is pushed past cover and it races away to the fence.
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65.1
Gus Atkinson to Dinesh Chandimal, OUT! TAKEN! Chandimal falls. He played well for his fifty but his team needed him to go on for longer. This is on a length and around off. It lands and jags back in with the slope. Chandimal looks to defend but this hits the inside edge, then the pads and lobs to short leg. Dan Lawrence gobbles it up and the plan works. England just four wickets away now.
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66.4
Shoaib Bashir to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Put away! Steps out. Gets to the pitch of it and just lifts it over mid on. This one races away to the fence. 200 up for Sri Lanka!
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67.2
Gus Atkinson to Kamindu Mendis, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Gus Atkinson has three now! This is a big one for England as the in-form Kamindu Mendis walks back to the hut without making much impact. This one is fuller and well outside off, should have been an easy leave, but Mendis tries to use the width on offer and slashes hard at it, but only manages to get a thick outside edge towards the third slip where Ben Duckett reverse-cups it easily. The lone fighter from the first innings falls just for 4 runs.
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70.2
Olly Stone to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Takes a risk, gets the reward! Olly Stone bangs this short and just around off, Dhananjaya de Silva sways away from the line of the ball, bends his back and ramps it away, the ball goes in the air but well wide of third man for a one-bounce four.
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71.6
Matthew Potts to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Stand and deliver! Matthew Potts goes fuller, on middle, Dhananjaya de Silva stays firm in his crease, presents the full face of the bat and lifts it away beautifully over mid on for a boundary.
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72.1
Olly Stone to Milan Rathnayake, FOUR! Just over! Olly Stone goes short and at the body of the batter, Milan Rathnayake goes for the pull but gets a top edge, Ben Duckett is standing in a position between square leg and deep square leg, and the ball just goes over his head for a boundary. Stone cannot do anything but smile here.
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72.2
Olly Stone to Milan Rathnayake, FOUR MORE! Much more in control now! Short of a length and just outside off, Milan Rathnayake hops up to the ride the bounce and punches it away nicely through cover-point for another boundary.
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72.4
Olly Stone to Milan Rathnayake, FOUR! Gets it through again! Short again, on middle, angles in, Milan Rathnayake heaves it away hard, and beats Ben Duckett to his right at deep square leg for four more runs.
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75.2
Shoaib Bashir to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! He tosses it up. Very slow. Dhananjaya goes down on one knee and sweeps it through square leg. This races away to the fence.
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76.3
Olly Stone to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Pulled away! This is short and it is asking to be hit. It is pulled through mid-wicket. Another boundary.
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76.5
Olly Stone to Milan Rathnayake, FOUR! Rathnayake joins the act now! Takes on the challenge of pulling this short one. Does it well and the ball races away to the fence.
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81.3
Gus Atkinson to Milan Rathnayake, FOUR! Gets it through now! Gus Atkinson serves this very full, on off, Milan Rathnayake leans onto his drive this time and places it beautifully past mid off for a boundary.
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83.1
Gus Atkinson to Dhananjaya de Silva, OUT! DRAGGED ON! Disaster for Sri Lanka! The captain's resilience breaks and they are staring down the barrel now. Gus Atkinson lands this back of a length, on middle, nips back in, and keeps a bit low, Dhananjaya de Silva hops up and tries to block it, but only manages to chop it down on the ground and back onto the stumps. England just a couple of wickets away from the win now!
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84.6
Chris Woakes to Lahiru Kumara, FOUR! Nice shot! Hard length and around middle, Lahiru Kumara stays back and swipes it away through mid-wicket, Olly Stone chases after it, dives in but as he picks up the ball, his foot touches the ropes. A boundary is given.
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85.1
Gus Atkinson to Milan Rathnayake, FOUR! Lovely shot! Fuller and around off, Milan Rathnayake opens the face of his bat sightly and drives it with perfect timing, the ball races away through covers for a boundary.
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85.2
Gus Atkinson to Milan Rathnayake, FOUR! Milan Rathnayake looks like he is up for the challenge here! Short of a length and around middle, Milan Rathnayake rides the bounce well and hammers it away to the deep square leg fence for four more runs.
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85.3
Gus Atkinson to Milan Rathnayake, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Gus Atkinson with another five-for at Lord's! He just loves bowling at this ground, and putting up some great numbers. This one is back of a length and just outside off, angles away, Milan Rathnayake once again goes for the big heave across the line, but this time only manages a nick behind the stumps where Jamie Smith takes a good catch. England are almost there now!
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86.1
Chris Woakes to Lahiru Kumara, FOUR! Lashed it away! On a length, just outside off. Lahiru Kumara opens his stance and slaps it against the pace towards the wide long off fence for a boundary.
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86.4
Chris Woakes to Lahiru Kumara, OUT! IN THE AIR... AND TAKEN! Chris Woakes gets the job done for England! He comes 'round the wicket and bowls another slower one. Overpitches the delivery and on off. Lahiru Kumara looks to loft it over the mid on region but he loses his balance. He ends up miscuing it high in the air, Olly Stone excellently backtracks and pouches the skier safely into his hands. ENGLAND BEATS SRI LANKA BY A MARGIN OF 190 RUNS!