Sri Lanka Beat England By Eight Wickets, Register First Test Win On English Soil Since…

Pathum Nissanka‘s very good unbeaten century guided Sri Lanka to an eight-wicket win over England within the third Test at The Oval on Monday. Sri Lanka, set a goal of 219, reached that whole for the lack of two wickets earlier than lunch on the fourth day, with opener Nissanka 127 not out and veteran Angelo Mathews 32 not out in an unbroken partnership of 111. Victory for Sri Lanka ended a run of seven straight Test defeats by England and was their first on English soil since 2014.

England, nevertheless, gained the three-match sequence 2-1 following a five-wicket win at Old Trafford and a 190-run success at Lord’s.

Brief scores

England 1st innings: 325 (O Pope 154, B Duckett 86; M Rathnayake 3-56)

Sri Lanka 1st innings: 263 (D de Silva 69, P Nissanka 64, Ka Mendis 64; O Stone 3-35, J Hull 3-53)

England 2nd innings: 156 (J Smith 67; L Kumara 4-21, V Fernando 3-40)

Sri Lanka 2nd innings: 219-2 (P Nissanka 127 no)

Result: Sri Lanka gained by eight wickets

Series: England win three-match sequence 2-1

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