ENG vs SL 2nd Test: After the third day’s play, England has a strong grip on the match, Sri Lanka needs this many runs to win


Sri Lanka still need 430 runs to win.

England vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test (Image Credit- Twitter X)

The second match of the ongoing Test series between England and Sri Lanka (ENG vs SL) is being played at Lord’s ground. The third day of this match ended today on 31 August. After the end of the third day, host England has gained a strong hold on Sri Lanka and it seems that it will win the match very easily on the fourth day.

England has given Sri Lanka a target of 483 runs to win in the second innings, while by the end of the day’s play, Sri Lanka has scored 53 runs at the loss of two wickets in the second innings. At present, Dimuth Karunaratne is present at the crease with 23* runs and Prabhat Jayasuriya with 3* runs. The Sri Lankan team is still trailing England by 430 runs.

England vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test, Day 3 result:

If we give you information about the situation on the third day of the match, England started playing the second innings at 25 runs after losing 1 wicket. Ben Duckett was caught out by Milan Rathnayak at the hands of Angelo Matthews at a total score of 36 runs. Apart from this, captain Ollie Pope, who remained unbeaten on 3* on the first day, was dismissed by Asitha Fernando after adding 14 runs in the innings.

However, after this, former captain Joe Root continued his brilliant batting in the second innings like the first innings. Root played a brilliant innings of 103 runs in 121 balls and helped the team score 250 runs. England lost all their wickets in the second innings after 53.3 overs for a total score of 251 runs.

So after taking a lead of 231 runs in the first innings, England set a target of 483 runs in the second innings for Sri Lanka to win. At the time of stumps, Sri Lanka has scored 53 runs at the loss of 2 wickets after 20 overs in the second innings.

At the crease, Dimuth Karunaratne is present with 23* and Prabhat Surya with 3* runs, while Nishan Madhushka is out after scoring 13 and Pathum Nissanka is out after scoring 14 runs. So far, Gus Atkinson and Ollie Stone have got 1-1 wickets from England.



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