Sri Lanka Beat England By Eight Wickets, Register First Test Win On English Soil Since...

09.09.2024 - 13:35 sports.ndtv.com

Pathum Nissanka's superb unbeaten century guided Sri Lanka to an eight-wicket win over England in the third Test at The Oval on Monday.

Sri Lanka, set a target of 219, reached that total for the loss of two wickets before lunch on the fourth day, with opener Nissanka 127 not out and veteran Angelo Mathews 32 not out in an unbroken partnership of 111.

Victory for Sri Lanka ended a run of seven straight Test defeats by England and was their first on English soil since 2014. England, however, won the three-match series 2-1 following a five-wicket win at Old Trafford and a 190-run success at Lord's. Brief scores England 1st innings: 325 (O Pope 154, B Duckett 86; M Rathnayake 3-56) Sri Lanka 1st innings: 263 (D de Silva 69, P Nissanka 64, Ka Mendis 64; O Stone 3-35, J Hull 3-53) England 2nd innings: 156 (J Smith 67; L Kumara 4-21, V Fernando 3-40) Sri Lanka 2nd innings: 219-2 (P Nissanka 127 no) Result: Sri Lanka won by eight wickets Series: England win three-match series 2-1 (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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LONDON : Sri Lanka completed a rare test victory in England on Monday as they reached their target of 219 with untroubled ease on the fourth day at The Oval, with Pathum Nissanka's unbeaten 127 leading them to a consolation win in a 2-1 series defeat.