Joe Root performed brilliantly for England
England vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test: The Sri Lankan cricket team is currently on a tour of England for a three-match Test series. The second match of this series was played between the two teams at the historic Lord’s ground in London.
Let us tell you that in this match, host England defeated Sri Lanka by a huge margin of 190 runs. With this victory, England has won the three-match Test series and has taken an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the series. It is worth noting that England defeated Sri Lanka by 5 wickets in the first Test match.
England vs Sri Lanka second test match result
On the other hand, if we tell you about the match in detail, then Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl. Batting first, England scored 427 runs in the first innings on the basis of Joe Root’s 143 and Gus Atkinson’s 118 runs.
So when Sri Lanka came out to bat in the first innings, their batting completely collapsed at just 196 runs in front of England’s superb bowling. Kamindu Mendis scored 74 runs in the first innings for Sri Lanka. Apart from this, no other batsman could score more runs.
After this, England, with a lead of 231 runs in the first innings, scored 251 runs in the second innings once again on the basis of Joe Root’s century of 103 runs and set a target of 483 runs for Sri Lanka to win in the second innings.
But when Sri Lanka came out to chase this target, they failed once again like in the first innings. Sri Lanka’s second innings was reduced to 292 runs after 86.4 overs, and they had to face defeat in the match by 190 runs.
On the other hand, now that England has taken a 2-0 lead in the Test series, it may give a chance to some new faces to play in the third Test match. It is worth noting that the last match of the series between the two teams will be played at Kingston Oval, London from September 6.