ENG vs SL | Twitter reacts to chase master Root eclipse Lankan grit to gain series lead

The overnight batters, Kamindu Mendis and Dinesh Chandimal started from where they left the previous day. The pair kept the scorecard ticking with minimum assistance on offer for the home-side bowlers. Eventually, Chandimal got off to a fifty by the first hour of play with the eight-wicket stand surpassing the fifty-mark. As Kamindu touched the 90-run mark, the partnership grew to 85 and rain intervened in the session, causing a stoppage of play. Following a brief pause in play, the session resumed with England getting the second new ball to play with but Chris Woakes and Gus Atkinson failed to make any difference. Kamindu scored his third test ton eventually and the score reflecting 291/6 at the stroke of Lunch.

The hosts opted for an anti-bazball approach in the third session with Root and Brook dead-batting the ball frequently. With a steady approach, the home side surpassed the 100-run mark after the 28th over with the pair stitching a 49-run stand. A slight grip off the surface helped Prabath Jayasuriya to gift himself a caught and bowled wicket by removing Brook for 32 in the 35th over. Jamie Smith entered the fray and kept milking along with Root with the score 139/4 in 44 overs at the stroke of Drinks. With time, the scoring rate increased as Jamie switched gears to attack the opposition. With the deficit coming under 25, Jamie rushed for scoring strokes and eventually got cleaned up by Asitha Fernando in the 51st over. This did slow down the innings with the Lankans setting up for an aggressive field. However, Root knit a fifty and ensured that his side go past the finishing line with five wickets in hand and go one-up in the series.

- 12131 runs.

- 50.33 average.

- 32 hundreds.

- 64 fifties.



JOE ROOT - A GREAT IN TEST HISTORY 🫡

— Ahmad Raza (@ahmadrazarjd) 

Hilarious

Only mistake

Made only one mistake should have introduced asitha fernando a lil earlier. 

— Taimoor Saleem. (@FracturedMalang) 

Prabath Jayasuriya; what a craft! His record in his short Intl career is quite phenomenal. Looking back at conditions on day 1 at Manchester I thought he'll just be a bowler to score off for England batters and turning up this one in some way now..

— मनिष (@whitewolf0_) 

Breakthrough

Good catch

What a catch from Prabath Jayasuriya 🤩



Harry Brook chips one back to the bowler and departs for 32 👀 

— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) 

Interesting lime from Prabath Jayasuriya , might work against Brook but he needs to get strike asap ! 

— 🔁 (@Tutterdotcom) 

Rescued

Great knock

That knock of Dinesh Chandimal was one for the books. A blow to the hand, taken to the hospital and back to the field when needed the most. 👏🏻 

— Afkhan AH 😎 (@Afhn27) 

Potential future stars in 



RSA:

David bedingham

Tony de zorzi

Gerald coetzee



SL:

Kamindu Mendis

Ashitha Fernando



WI:

Shamar joseph



Ind :

Yashasvi Jaiswal

Dhruv Jurel



Eng :

Jammie Smith

Shoaib Bashir

Tom Hartley



Aus:

Mathew khunemann

Todd murphy

— tweprilayankar (@tweprilayankar)