2024-08-24 23:57:34
Published: 09:20, 23 August 2024
Sri Lanka were bowled out for just 236 runs in the first innings at Old Trafford Test. Hosts England were also in trouble on the second day on Thursday (August 22) when they came to reply. They lost 5 wickets for 187 runs. But the English took the lead with the bat of young Turkish Jamie Smith. They ended the second day with 259 runs after losing 6 wickets in 61 overs. The lead is 23 runs.
Smith 72 and Gus Atkinson unbeaten on 4 runs. Both of them will come out to bat on the third day this Friday (August 23) afternoon.
England, who started the second day with 22 runs for no wickets, lost their first wicket by 30 runs. Opening batsman Ben Duckett was sent home lbw by Asitha Fernando. He scored 18 runs in 2 fours.
They lost one more wicket to go for 40 runs. This time the new batsman captain Olly Pope got bowled by Fernando. Pope could not score more than 6 runs. Another opening batsman Dan Lawrence also returned to Sajghar after 67 runs. Biswa Fernando returned him by making a catch behind the wicket.
From there, Joe Root and Harry Brook put up some resistance. This pair broke by 125 runs. Asitha became Fernando’s third victim with 42 runs off Route 4 fours. After making fifty, Brook was out after the team’s 187 runs. 56 runs in 4 fours came from his bat. He was bowled by Prabhath Jayasuriya.
Chris Woakes, who provided great support to Jamie Smith, was dismissed for 239 runs. He was also bowled by Prabhath Jayasuriya. This pacer scored 25 runs in 3 fours. Smith then brought Atkinson with him to end the day.
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