England beat Sri Lanka by 05 wickets with a day to spare, Lead the 03 match series 1 – 0

Sri Lanka Men’s Tour of England 2024 – ICC World Test Championship – 01st Test – Manchester, Lancashire, England – concluded on the 04th day

Sri Lanka electing to bat, 236 all out – ( 74 Overs ) Skipper Dhananjaya De Silva 74, Milan Rathnayake 72 ( 2×6, 6×4,135 balls ) – on debut – Kusal Mendis 24 – lost the first 03 wickets without any addition to the total – Kusal Mendis / Dinesh Chandimal 34 runs for the 04th wicket, Dinesh Chandimal / Dhananjaya De Silva 32 runs for the 05th wicket – the next 03 wickets fell for the addition of 41 runs – Dhananjaya De Silva / Milan Rathnayake 63 runs for the 08th wicket – Milan Rathnayake / Vishwa Fernando 50 runs for the 09th wicket – Christopher Woakes 3 / 32, Shoaib Bashir 3 / 55, Angus Atkinson 2 / 48, Jamie Smith 03 victims & 01 run out assist & 326 all out – 9 ( 89.3 Overs ) Kamindu Mendis 113 ( 1×6, 15×4, 183 balls ), Dinesh Chandimal 79, Angelo Mathews 65, Dimuth Karunaratne 27, Extras 16 – lost the first 02 wickets for the addition of 01 run – Dimuth Karunaratne / Angelo Mathews 52 runs for the 03rd wicket, Angelo Mathews / Dinesh Chandimal 22 runs & Angelo Mathews / Dhananjaya De Silva 21 runs for the 04th wicket, Angelo Mathews / Kamindu Mendis 78 runs for the 05th wicket, Dinesh Chandimal / Kamindu Mendis 117 runs for the 07th wicket – the last 04 wickets fell for the addition of 19 runs – 03 batters dismissed without scoring – Matthew Potts 3 / 47, Christopher Woakes 3 / 58, Angus Atkinson 2 / 89, Harry Brook 02 catches.

England in reply, 358 all out – ( 85.3 Overs ) Jamie Smith 111 ( 1×6, 8×4, 148 balls ) – maiden test century – Harry Brook 56, Joe Root 42, Daniel Lawrence 30, Christopher Woakes 25, Mark Wood 22, Angus Atkinson 20 – Ben Duckett / Daniel Lawrence 30 run opening stand, Daniel Lawrence / Joe Root 27 runs for the 03rd wicket, Joe Root / Harry Brook 58 runs for the 04th wicket, Harry Brook / Jamie Smith 62 runs for the 05th wicket, Jamie Smith / Christopher Woakes 52 runs for the 06th wicket, Jamie Smith / Angus Atkinson 66 runs for the 07th wicket, Matthew Potts / Mark Wood 33 runs for the 09th wicket – Asitha Fernando 4 / 103, Prabath Jayasuriya 3 / 85, Vishwa Fernando 2 / 73, Dinesh Chandimal 04 victims & 205 / 5 – ( 57.2 Overs ) Joe Root 62no, Jamie Smith 39, Daniel Lawrence 34, Harry Brook 32, Extras 13 – Ben Duckett / Daniel Lawrence 34 run opening stand, Daniel Lawrence / Oliver Pope 22 runs for the 02nd wicket, Joe Root / Harry Brook 49 runs for the 04th wicket, Joe Root / Jamie Smith 64 runs for the 05th wicket – Asitha Fernando 2 / 25, Prabath Jayasuriya 2 / 98.

Player of the Match : Jamie Smith – England