Joe Root played another century innings for England
England vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test: The last match of the ongoing three-match Test series between England and Sri Lanka (ENG vs SL) has started today, Friday, September 6, at Kingston Oval ground in London. On the very first day of the game, captain Ollie Pope played a brilliant innings of 103* runs for host England.
Pope played an unbeaten innings of 103* in 103 balls with a strike rate of 100 and with the help of 13 fours and 2 sixes. However, he could have scored some more runs but due to poor light, about 30 overs of play could not be completed on the first day.
The reaction from the dressing room says it all pic.twitter.com/v4fUiyowTz
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England vs Sri Lanka 3rd Test, first day’s play status
If we tell you about the match in detail, then Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl. While batting first, host England has scored 221 runs at the loss of 3 wickets after 44.1 overs at the end of the first day. Ollie Pope is currently present at the crease with 103* and Harry Brook with 8* runs.
Earlier, England openers Ben Duckett and Daniel Lawrence shared a 45-run partnership for the first wicket. Lawrence scored 5 runs and got caught by Pathum Nissanka against Lahiru Kumara. Duckett played a brilliant innings of 86 runs in 79 balls with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes. He had a golden opportunity to score the fourth century of his Test career in the match, but Milan Rathnayak showed him the way to the pavilion by getting him caught out by Dinesh Chandimal.
Apart from this, former captain Joe Root, who scored a century in both innings of the second Test match, failed to play a big innings. Root scored just 13 runs and played a wrong shot against Lahiru Kumara and got caught by Vishwa Fernando. Talking about Sri Lanka’s bowling on the first day of the game, so far Lahiru Kumara has got 2 wickets and spinner Milan Rathnayak has got 1 wicket.
Bad light means stumps has been called on Day 1 ✅ pic.twitter.com/1fLZC3QiTI
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) September 6, 2024