ENG vs SL: England beat Sri Lanka by 190 runs in the second Test, took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series
Joe Root performed brilliantly for England England vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test (Image Credit- Twitter X) 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.
AUS vs PAK: Australia defeated Pakistan by 79 runs in the second test, took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the test series.
Pat Cummins took 10 wickets in bowling for Australia. Australia vs Pakistan, 2nd Test (Image Credit- Twitter X) AUS vs PAK 2nd Test: The second match of the ongoing three-match Test series between Australia and Pakistan ended today, Friday, December 29, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Let us tell you that in this match, Australia has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the Test series by defeating Pakistan by 79 runs. So fast bowler and team captain Pat Cummins played an important role in Australia winning this match. In the match, he took a total of 10 wickets in both the innings. Also, let us tell you that now the third and last match of the Test series between the two teams will be played in Sydney from January 3. Status of Australia vs Pakistan 2nd test match: So if we tell you the condition of this match, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl and Australia, batting first, scored 318 runs in the first innings. Marnus Labuschagne played the highest innings of 63 runs in the first innings for Australia. So in bowling for Pakistan, Aamer Jamal got maximum 3 wickets in the first innings, while Shaheen Afridi, Mir Hamza and Hasan Ali got 2-2 wickets. Apart from this, Agha Salman also managed to take 1 wicket. After this, when Pakistan came to bat, it could score only 262 runs in the first innings and lagged behind Australia by 56 runs on the basis of first innings. In the first innings for Pakistan, Abdullah Shafiq scored 62 runs and Shan Masood scored 54 runs. On the other hand, in bowling, Pat Cummins took 5 wickets, Nathan Lyon took 4 wickets and Josh Hazlewood took 1 wicket for Australia. After this, Australia scored 262 runs in the second innings and set a target of 319 runs for Pakistan to win. However, at one time it seemed that Pakistan would achieve this target, but in front of Australia’s fast bowling, Pakistan’s second innings collapsed for 237 runs. In the second innings for Australia, Pat Cummins took 5 wickets, Mitchell Starc took 4 wickets and Josh Hazlewood took 1 wicket. Australia has secured victory in the second Test by 79 runs, thereby clinching the series with one Test match still to be played. pic.twitter.com/swRVow6Z37 — CricTracker (@Cricketracker) December 29, 2023 read this also- SA vs IND: Dough wet in poverty! ICC fines Indian team after losing Centurion Test match 5 Indian bowlers who have taken 500 wickets in the fewest innings in international cricket 4 South African opening batsmen who have scored 50+ scores most times in Test cricket Best playing 11 of the year 2023 5 batsmen who have scored the most centuries in test cricket away from home (active players) 5 Indian players who have scored the most runs in Tests against South Africa (Active Players) 6 Indian batsmen who scored centuries in South Africa Top 5 players sold in IPL 2024 auction 5 most expensive players sold in IPL history 3 players who have taken more than…