The second match of the ongoing three-match Test series between England and Sri Lanka (ENG vs SL) is being played at Lord’s ground. Let us tell you that in this match, England’s dangerous fast bowler Gus Atkinson’s innings was ended by the opposing team’s fast bowler Milan Rathnayak with a brilliant catch.

Atkinson, who remained unbeaten on 74 on the first day of the game, started the innings in a blazing style by hitting a four on the second day of the game. While he scored the first century of his first class cricket career, he also hit a four.

In the match, Atkinson was dismissed after playing a brilliant innings of 118 runs in 115 balls. Thanks to this innings of Atkinson, host England has been successful in making a big score in the first innings against Sri Lanka.

Watch the video of the brilliant catch taken by Milan Rathnayak

A sensational catch marks the end of a brilliant innings🤯

Well done, Gus 🫡 pic.twitter.com/tVX53BZdT1

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) August 30, 2024

England scored 427 runs in the first innings

On the other hand, if we tell you the status of this match, England has lost all its wickets in the first innings at a total score of 427 runs in 102 overs. Apart from Gus Atkinson, former captain Joe Root also played a brilliant innings of 143 runs, due to which England was successful in reaching this score. Apart from this, Ben Duckett scored 40, Harry Brook scored 33 and wicketkeeper Jamie Smith scored 21 runs in the first innings for England.

If we talk about Sri Lanka’s bowling, Asitha Fernando took the maximum of five wickets. Apart from this, Milan Rathnayak and Lahiru Kumar got 2-2 wickets and Prabhat Jayasuriya got one wicket. Also, till the time of writing the news, Sri Lanka has scored 36 runs at the loss of 3 wickets after 11 overs in the first innings. Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal are currently present at the crease.