As Jonny Bairstow and debutant Dan Lawrence knocked off the 36 runs needed on the last day, England won the first Test against Sri Lanka by seven wickets at Galle International Stadium on Monday.
England won the first Test against Sri Lanka by seven wickets at Galle International Stadium on Monday as Jonny Bairstow and debutant Dan Lawrence knocked off the 36 runs required on the last day.
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Bairstow was 35 not out and Lawrence unbeaten on 21 in a 62-run partnership as England reached 76 for three in their second innings to take a 1-0 lead in the two-test series.
Root scored a magnificent 226 in the first innings, and off-spinner Dom Bess and slow left-armer Jack Leach, who returned match figures of 8-130 and 6-177 respectively, found more rhythm as the game progressed, which bodes well for the sterner four-Test series in India that follows this tour.
Lawrence can take considerable credit for his first-innings 73 and the manner in which he helped negate England’s second-innings nerves alongside the efficient Bairstow, while wicketkeeper Jos Buttler was tidy behind the stumps throughout on a dry, turning pitch.
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Sri Lanka, meanwhile, was left wondering what if. Their collapse to 135 all out on the first day was described as “one of the worse we’ve ever seen”, and even an extra 50 runs could have changed the course of this game.
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