Joe Root's gritty unbeaten 62 guided England to a five-wicket win in the first test against Lanka at Old Trafford on Saturday.
Joe Root's gritty unbeaten 62 guided England to a five-wicket win in the first test against Lanka at Old Trafford on Saturday. Set 205 to win, England were faltering at 56-2 when Root came into bat before tea on the fourth day.But together with Yorkshire teammate Harry Brook he shared a grinding partnership of 49 in 20 overs – a far cry from England's 'Bazball' approach of recent years, although a still slow outfield made boundaries hard to come by.
It was another sign of the 24-year-old wicketkeeper's admirable big-match temperament, Smith's performances with the bat in Manchester minimising the impact of regular captain Ben Stokes's absence with a series-ending torn hamstring.That Sri Lanka took this match so deep into the fourth day was a testament to their resilience after they had collapsed to 6-3 on the opening morning.
Sri Lanka resumed on 204-6, just 82 runs ahead, after Smith's 111 had been the cornerstone of England's first-innings 358.Mendis was quickly into his stride on Saturday, having missed Sri Lanka's lone warm-up match against the second-string England Lions at Worcester last week after visa problems delayed his entry into the UK,
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