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England vs Sri Lanka Live Highlights, 3rd Test, Sri Lanka in England, 3 Test Series, 2024, September 6, 2024

ENG 325/10 (69.1) , 156/10 (34)
Sri Lanka beat England by 8 wickets
SL 263/10 (61.2) , 219/2 (40.3)
Match over
2.3 : 2.3: Asitha Fernando to Ben Duckett, FOUR! Almost chopped on, but gets away with it does Duckett!
3.5 : 3.5: Vishwa Fernando to Ben Duckett, FOUR! Nice shot! Vishwa Fernando misses his line and bowls it full and down leg, Ben Duckett simply flicks it through the mid-wicket and mid on gap for a boundary.
5.3 : 5.3: Lahiru Kumara to Ben Duckett, FOUR! Now that's a gracious shot!
8.5 : 8.5: Milan Rathnayake to Ben Duckett, FOUR! Thrashed away!
8.6 : 8.6: Milan Rathnayake to Ben Duckett, FOUR MORE! Good aggression from Ben Duckett!
9.2 : 9.2: Lahiru Kumara to Dan Lawrence, OUT! IN THE AIR....GONE! Lahiru Kumara draws first blood here! Dan Lawrence's lean patch continues as he goes back for yet another low score in this series.
10.1 : 10.1: Milan Rathnayake to Ollie Pope, FOUR! Lovely shot!
11.6 : 11.6: Lahiru Kumara to Ollie Pope, SIX! That's big!
12.1 : 12.1: Milan Rathnayake to Ben Duckett, Four!
12.3 : 12.3: Milan Rathnayake to Ben Duckett, FOUR! TOP SHOT! 
16.1 : 16.1: Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, Four!
18.6 : 18.6: Vishwa Fernando to Ben Duckett, FOUR! That one traveled like a bullet! Hard-length delivery, angling it away from the left-hander, away from the off stump. Ben Duckett frees his arms and punches it hard through the cover region for four more runs. 
21.1 : 21.1: Asitha Fernando to Ollie Pope, Four!
22.2 : 22.2: Lahiru Kumara to Ben Duckett, FOUR! Not where he intended to play that, but gets the reward!
22.5 : 22.5: Lahiru Kumara to Ollie Pope, FOUR! Fine shot!
24.1 : 24.1: Lahiru Kumara to Ben Duckett, SIX! Right from the middle this time!
24.4 : 24.4: Lahiru Kumara to Ben Duckett, SIX! BOOM! The other way now!
25.6 : 25.6: Milan Rathnayake to Ben Duckett, OUT! c Dinesh Chandimal b Milan Rathnayake.
26.1 : 26.1: Lahiru Kumara to Ollie Pope, SIX! Streaky and the bowler cannot believe it!
26.2 : 26.2: Lahiru Kumara to Ollie Pope, Four!
26.4 : 26.4: Lahiru Kumara to Joe Root, FOUR! Just wide!
29.1 : 29.1: Milan Rathnayake to Ollie Pope, FOUR! Width and Pope pounces on it gleefully! Milan Rathnayake pitches it well outside off, it nips away a shade after pitching, Ollie Pope with a steady head position, extends his levers and slashes it hard through covers for a boundary.
34.1: Angelo Mathews to Ollie Pope, FOUR! Excellent shot! Angelo Mathews goes full and just around off, Ollie Pope leans on to his drive nicely, and with the full face of the bat creams it through covers for a boundary.
34.3 : 34.3: Angelo Mathews to Ollie Pope, FOUR! Deft touch!
37.2 : 37.2: Asitha Fernando to Ollie Pope, FOUR! 'Catch it is the call, but this one goes away! Asitha Fernando bangs this short but way outside off, Ollie Pope this time goes after it, does really well to reach for it and slices it away towards the deep point fence for a boundary.
38.3 : 38.3: Lahiru Kumara to Joe Root, OUT! TAKEN! This is a massive wicket for Sri Lanka! Lahiru Kumara gets his second and gets the big fish as well. 
40.2 : 40.2: Lahiru Kumara to Ollie Pope, FOUR! Just over!
41.1 : 41.1: Asitha Fernando to Harry Brook, FOUR! Harry Brook joins the party now but in streaky fashion! Asitha Fernando begins with a good-length delivery, on off, Harry Brook uses his feet to push it away but gets an outside edge that goes between the second slip and gully for a boundary. A third slip and it would have gone straight into the hands.
41.6 : 41.6: Asitha Fernando to Ollie Pope, FOUR! Gets it away now! Back of a length and on middle, does not bounce that much, Ollie Pope gets a bit stuck in his crease but still manages to swipe it away, it races through the practice pitches and to the deep mid-wicket fence for a boundary. Pope moves into the 90s now!
42.2 : 42.2: Lahiru Kumara to Ollie Pope, FOUR! The skipper is in hurry now to get to the milestone!
43.5 : 43.5: Asitha Fernando to Ollie Pope, FOUR! HUNDRED FOR POPE! 7th Test century for him and his first at the Oval!
46.4 : 46.4: Milan Rathnayake to Ollie Pope, EDGED AND FOUR! 
48.3 : 48.3: Milan Rathnayake to Ollie Pope, FOUR! Oh, what a shot that is! Milan Rathnayake goes full and on the off stump line, with a gentle outward deviation, Ollie Pope gets his dancing shoes on and skips down the track, and whips it across the line through the mid-wicket region for a cracking boundary.
49.2 : 49.2: Asitha Fernando to Ollie Pope, Four!
51.5 : 51.5: Asitha Fernando to Ollie Pope, FOUR! Goes through that gap again! Sri Lanka needs to rethink their slip positions.
52.4 : 52.4: Milan Rathnayake to Harry Brook, OUT! BRILLIANTLY TAKEN! Milan Rathnayake gets another important breakthrough for Sri Lanka.
55.3 : 55.3: Milan Rathnayake to Ollie Pope, EDGED AND FOUR! Milan Rathnayake lands this back of a length and just outside off, Ollie Pope tries to cut it away, but gets an outside edge, and can you guess where this one goes? Yes, exactly between that gap between the wide first slip and gully for a boundary.
56.1 : 56.1: Lahiru Kumara to Jamie Smith, FOUR! Fortuitous!
57.5 : 57.5: Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, Four!
58.4 : 58.4: Lahiru Kumara to Jamie Smith, FOUR! EDGED, GAP AND FOUR! 
59.6 : 59.6: Vishwa Fernando to Jamie Smith, OUT! c Kusal Mendis b Vishwa Fernando.
62.2 : 62.2: Dhananjaya de Silva to Chris Woakes, OUT! c Milan Rathnayake b Dhananjaya de Silva.
64.5 : 64.5: Dhananjaya de Silva to Gus Atkinson, OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! Sri Lankan skipper, DDS strikes now and England have now lost three quick wickets with the tail exposed.
65.1 : 65.1: Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN AGAIN! This time, it's the English skipper, Ollie Pope who tried to take the aggressive route but holes out. Sri Lanka, right back in the game now.
66.2 : 66.2: Dhananjaya de Silva to Olly Stone, FOUR! Gets off the mark in style does Olly Stone! Too full and there to be hit, on the middle, Olly Stone strides out for a sweep, gets on his knee and sweeps it nicely along the ground, past square leg for a boundary.
68.2: Asitha Fernando to Josh Hull, OUT! c Dhananjaya de Silva b Asitha Fernando.
68.5 : 68.5: Asitha Fernando to Olly Stone, Six!
69.1 : 69.1: Milan Rathnayake to Shoaib Bashir, OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! A momentous collapse for England and Sri Lanka have managed to sneak back in the contest after a dismal outing on the first day. Milan Rathnayake bowls it on the back of a length, around off, it springs off the deck a bit and comes high on the batter. Shoaib Bashir clears his front leg and tries to play a wild heave across the line, but as the ball gets heavier on him, he ends up slicing it off the high end of the bat. The bal
1.3 : 1.3: Gus Atkinson to Pathum Nissanka, Four!
2.3: Chris Woakes to Pathum Nissanka, Four!
2.4 : 2.4: Chris Woakes to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Streaky, but it will work for Sri Lanka! 
4.3 : 4.3: Chris Woakes to Dimuth Karunaratne, Four!
6.2 : 6.2: Chris Woakes to Pathum Nissanka, OUT! run out (Olly Stone).
6.5 : 6.5: Chris Woakes to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Pathum Nissanka is getting the advantage of the situation! 
7.3 : 7.3: Gus Atkinson to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Easy pickings! Gus Atkinson serves this too straight and too full, angling into the pads, Pathum Nissanka picks it up nicely and glances it away towards the fine leg fence for a comfortable boundary.
8.4 : 8.4: Chris Woakes to Kusal Mendis, FOUR! Kusal Mendis gets going now! Fuller from Chris Woakes, on middle, shaping in, Kusal Mendis turns the face of the bat nicely and flicks it away with good timing, it races away through mid-wicket for a boundary.
9.1 : 9.1: Gus Atkinson to Pathum Nissanka, Four!
9.5 : 9.5: Gus Atkinson to Kusal Mendis, FOUR! Sri Lanka are playing with freedom here! Gus Atkinson bangs this into the pitch and outside off, Kusal Mendis accepts the width on offer and slashes hard at it, gets a thick outside edge that flies over gully for a boundary. England getting a taste of their own medicine!
10.4 : 10.4: Chris Woakes to Kusal Mendis, Four!
10.5 : 10.5: Chris Woakes to Kusal Mendis, OUT! c Harry Brook b Chris Woakes.
11.4 : 11.4: Josh Hull to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! FIFTY FOR NISSANKA! 
13.3 : 13.3: Josh Hull to Pathum Nissanka, Four!
14.4 : 14.4: Olly Stone to Angelo Mathews, OUT! c Ollie Pope b Olly Stone.
15.2 : 15.2: Josh Hull to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! This time he cuts, and cuts it firmly, does Nissanka! Josh Hull bowls it just outside off, on a good length, not too much of width on offer, but Nissanka trusts his square cut and goes through and pins the cover-point gap through backward point off the back foot for a boundary.
15.3 : 15.3: Josh Hull to Pathum Nissanka, OUT! TAKEN! What a special moment for Josh Hull. First Test wicket for him and he is all pumped up! 
16.2 : 16.2: Olly Stone to Dinesh Chandimal, OUT! LBW! Olly Stone gets another in consecutive overs!
18.3 : 18.3: Olly Stone to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR! Top shot!
18.5 : 18.5: Olly Stone to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR MORE! Olly Stone lands this back of a length but a bit outside off, Kusal Mendis uses the width on offer, gets on top of it and crunches it through covers for another boundary.
18.6 : 18.6: Olly Stone to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR! Third one of the over!
20.3 : 20.3: Olly Stone to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Great shot!
22.3: Olly Stone to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! SHORT AND PUNISHED! 
27.5 : 27.5: Gus Atkinson to Kamindu Mendis, EDGED AND FOUR! That goes between through between the slips and the gully gap!
27.6 : 27.6: Gus Atkinson to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR! Now, that's a controlled shot!
28.5 : 28.5: Shoaib Bashir to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Nice use of the feet!
33.6 : 33.6: Dan Lawrence to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Connects well this time! Loopy delivery, full and on middle, Dhananjaya de Silva this time waits for it in his crease, and lifts it away beautifully well over mid on for a boundary.
34.1 : 34.1: Shoaib Bashir to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Put away!
35.6 : 35.6: Dan Lawrence to Dhananjaya de Silva, Four!
37.4 : 37.4: Dan Lawrence to Dhananjaya de Silva, Four!
39.4: Dan Lawrence to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Nice shot! Too full around off, Dhananjaya de Silva pats his front foot ahead and opens the bat face to guide the ball through the backward point region for a boundary. Though it went a bit more squarer and more off the outer half of the bat, but he will take it.
41.3 : 41.3: Joe Root to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Lucky!
42.2 : 42.2: Shoaib Bashir to Kamindu Mendis, Four!
43.6 : 43.6: Joe Root to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! DDS takes the aerial route and gets the reward! Joe Root offers too much flight on it and serves a juicy half volley on the middle and leg, Dhananjaya de Silva waits for the ball to arrive and swings across the line to access the vacant deep square leg region, hits it uppishly over the square leg region and gets a boundary.
47.1 : 47.1: Josh Hull to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Deft touch! Josh Hull lands this on a good length and just around off, Dhananjaya de Silva expects the ball to swing in, but this one angles away, DDS hangs his bat away and steers it just wide of third slip for a boundary.
47.5 : 47.5: Josh Hull to Dhananjaya de Silva, OUT! TAKEN! Redemption for Josh Hull! He dropped DDS on Day 2, but now sends him back to the hut.
49.3 : 49.3: Josh Hull to Kamindu Mendis, EDGED AND FOUR! 
50.1 : 50.1: Chris Woakes to Kamindu Mendis, OUT! TAKEN AT FIRST SLIP! An absolute seed from Woakes to dismiss the well-settled Kamindu Mendis!
51.4 : 51.4: Josh Hull to Vishwa Fernando, OUT! LBW! Josh Hull gets his third wicket! However, Vishwa Fernando has decided to challenge the on-field decision and goes upstairs to review it. Looks pretty straight and plumb though.
53.6 : 53.6: Josh Hull to Milan Rathnayake, Four!
56.5 : 56.5: Olly Stone to Milan Rathnayake, OUT! c Jamie Smith b Olly Stone.
58.6 : 58.6: Olly Stone to Asitha Fernando, FOUR! Wow, that's a good shot! Olly Stone varies his length and bowls it quite fuller this time, on the stumps, Asitha Fernando skips down the track, creates room for him and slaps it over the bowler's head for a boundary to wide long off.
61.1 : 61.1: Shoaib Bashir to Asitha Fernando, Four!
61.2 : 61.2: Shoaib Bashir to Asitha Fernando, OUT! Caught behind, but this is reviewed straightaway by Asitha as he thinks it came off his forearm and not the glove or the bat.
1.4 : 1.4: Milan Rathnayake to Dan Lawrence, FOUR! Further evidence of how Dan Lawrence is going to play!
1.6 : 1.6: Milan Rathnayake to Ben Duckett, FOUR! Ben Duckett joins the party now!
2.6: Asitha Fernando to Ben Duckett, OUT! c Vishwa Fernando b Asitha Fernando.
4.4 : 4.4: Asitha Fernando to Dan Lawrence, FOUR! Put away!
6.2 : 6.2: Asitha Fernando to Ollie Pope, FOUR! First boundary for the English skipper! 
7.4 : 7.4: Lahiru Kumara to Ollie Pope, OUT! b Lahiru Kumara.
9.6 : 9.6: Lahiru Kumara to Joe Root, FOUR! Root gets his first boundary!
10.3 : 10.3: Asitha Fernando to Dan Lawrence, SIX! Intent! Lawrence moves into his 30s with that! Serves a friendly half volley around off, Dan Lawrence charges down the track and creates room before spanking it behind long off for a six.
10.5 : 10.5: Asitha Fernando to Dan Lawrence, FOUR! This is good batting! 
11.1 : 11.1: Lahiru Kumara to Dan Lawrence, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Lahiru Kumara strikes again and gets his second wicket and gives a sendoff to Lawrence who falls for his own aggression!
14.1: Vishwa Fernando to Joe Root, FOUR! Classy shot!
14.3 : 14.3: Vishwa Fernando to Joe Root, OUT! LBW! Joe Root is gone! Massive moment in this Test! Absolute corker of a delivery from Vishwa Fernando and the bowling change works again for Sri Lanka. Dhananjaya de Silva is absolutely spot on with his decisions here.
16.3: Vishwa Fernando to Harry Brook, OUT! LBW! Vishwa Fernando with the double whammy! He is absolutely on fire here! England are crumbling at the Oval, who would have thought this?
17.4 : 17.4: Lahiru Kumara to Chris Woakes, OUT! c Dinesh Chandimal b Lahiru Kumara.
21.1 : 21.1: Milan Rathnayake to Jamie Smith, Four!
23.4 : 23.4: Milan Rathnayake to Gus Atkinson, OUT! LBW! A huge confident appeal for LBW from the Lankans and up goes the finger!
26.2 : 26.2: Milan Rathnayake to Jamie Smith, Four!
26.3 : 26.3: Milan Rathnayake to Jamie Smith, Six!
26.5 : 26.5: Milan Rathnayake to Jamie Smith, FOUR! Glorious shot! Milan Rathnayake goes fuller and on middle, Jamie Smith presents the full face of the bat and lifts it smoothly over the bowler's head for a boundary. Smith is getting a move on now, the 100 also comes up for England!
26.6 : 26.6: Milan Rathnayake to Jamie Smith, FOUR MORE! 20 runs off the over! Hard length and around off, Jamie Smith stays back in his crease, gets on top of the ball and punches it away with sweet timing through covers for four more runs.
28.3 : 28.3: Vishwa Fernando to Jamie Smith, FOUR! Wonderful batting! Vishwa Fernando goes full again and on leg, Jamie Smith uses his feet to go inside out, extends his arms nicely and smacks it over the head of mid off for a boundary.
28.4 : 28.4: Vishwa Fernando to Jamie Smith, FOUR! The crowd is finding its voice again!
29.6 : 29.6: Asitha Fernando to Jamie Smith, FOUR! Powered away! Hard length this time and just around off, Jamie Smith backs away to free his arms and slaps it away past mid off for another boundary. England are 187 runs ahead now!
30.2 : 30.2: Vishwa Fernando to Jamie Smith, FOUR! 'Catch it is the call, but this one's in the gap!
30.4 : 30.4: Vishwa Fernando to Jamie Smith, FOUR! Superb batting!
30.5 : 30.5: Vishwa Fernando to Jamie Smith, FOUR! The game is slipping away from Sri Lanka now!
30.6 : 30.6: Vishwa Fernando to Jamie Smith, OUT! STRAIGHT TO THE FIELDER! 
32.1 : 32.1: Lahiru Kumara to Olly Stone, FOUR! Punched away! Back of a length, around off, Olly Stone gets the desired bounce and width on offer, stands up and punches it on the up through covers for a boundary. The lead now is 207 runs.
32.2 : 32.2: Lahiru Kumara to Olly Stone, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Lahiru Kumara strikes for the fourth time and England are 9 down now.
32.4 : 32.4: Lahiru Kumara to Shoaib Bashir, Four!
33.1 : 33.1: Asitha Fernando to Josh Hull, Six!
33.6 : 33.6: Asitha Fernando to Shoaib Bashir, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! That's it! Sri Lanka have wrapped England on 156!
0.3 : 0.3: Chris Woakes to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Sri Lanka are underway!
0.5 : 0.5: Chris Woakes to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Streaky but they all count!
2.2 : 2.2: Chris Woakes to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Beautiful shot! Full again and on off, no movement this time, Pathum Nissanka leans on a bit and drives it away with a high elbow, times it sweetly through mid off for a boundary.
3.1 : 3.1: Gus Atkinson to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Pathum Nissanka looks in really good touch here!
3.6 : 3.6: Gus Atkinson to Dimuth Karunaratne, FOUR! Not far away from Pope at gully but it goes through!
5.1 : 5.1: Gus Atkinson to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Gets it through again!
6.6 : 6.6: Chris Woakes to Dimuth Karunaratne, OUT! c & b Chris Woakes.
10.1 : 10.1: Chris Woakes to Kusal Mendis, FOUR! Creamed away!
10.3 : 10.3: Chris Woakes to Kusal Mendis, FOUR! Flicked away nicely!
10.6 : 10.6: Chris Woakes to Kusal Mendis, FOUR! In the gap and four more!
11.2 : 11.2: Josh Hull to Pathum Nissanka, Four!
11.6 : 11.6: Josh Hull to Kusal Mendis, FOUR! Kusal Mendis into his 20s now! Sweetly timed shot! Across off on the back of a length, Kusal Mendis waits for it to arrive, goes on the back foot and cuts it past cover-point for a cracking boundary. No chance for Olly Stone to intercept it who charges in to his right from deep backward point.
12.2 : 12.2: Olly Stone to Kusal Mendis, FOUR! Crunched away! The Sri Lankan batters have been very productive through the covers! Short of a good length, a hit me ball outside off, Kusal Mendis pounces on the width and crunches it with a solid punch through cover for a boundary.
13.6 : 13.6: Josh Hull to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Cracked away! FIFTY for Nissanka! His 7th in the Test career! Josh Hull overcompensates and lands a juicy half volley around off, Pathum Nissanka pats his front foot, slaps it through the cover and mid off for a boundary.
14.1 : 14.1: Shoaib Bashir to Kusal Mendis, Four!
15.6 : 15.6: Gus Atkinson to Kusal Mendis, FOUR! Sri Lanka gets going on Day 4! Gus Atkinson pitches it up a bit more and on off, Kusal Mendis strides out, presents the full face of the bat and drives it away beautifully through mid off, Ollie Pope gives chase and slides in to push it back inside but fails to do so. First boundary of the day!
19.3 : 19.3: Gus Atkinson to Kusal Mendis, OUT! TAKEN! Absolute screamer in the deep! No luck this time for Kusal Mendis and Gus Atkinson gets his man.
22.4 : 22.4: Chris Woakes to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Nissanka has been so productive square of the wicket!
27.6 : 27.6: Josh Hull to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Cut away, again! 9th boundary for Nissanka and maximum of them have been struck square of the wicket towards point. 
28.3 : 28.3: Shoaib Bashir to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Poor delivery and rightly punished! Shoaib Bashir bowls a half-tracker here, on middle, Pathum Nissanka has all the time in the world, rocks back and pulls it away easily towards the deep square leg fence for a boundary.
28.6 : 28.6: Shoaib Bashir to Angelo Mathews, FOUR! Nicely played! Flighted, full and around middle, Angelo Mathews knows the square leg is up in the circle, goes down on one knee and sweeps it excellently over that fielder for another boundary. Sri Lanka are targeting the spinner here!
31.6: Olly Stone to Angelo Mathews, EDGED AND FOUR! Olly Stone lands this on hard length and in that channel outside off, nips away a a bit, Angelo Mathews looks to block it from his crease, gets an outside edge that flies between gully and slip cordon for a boundary. Sri Lanka needs 53 more runs to win now!
32.4 : 32.4: Chris Woakes to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Slashed away!
35.2 : 35.2: Olly Stone to Pathum Nissanka, SIX! Clobbered away!
37.6 : 37.6: Olly Stone to Pathum Nissanka, SIX! 200 up for Sri Lanka and they now need just 17 runs to win! Another predictable short-pitched delivery from Stone, on the stumps, Pathum Nissanka reads the length early, gets in position quickly with a stable base and still head position, clobbers the pull shot into the air and deposits it rows behind deep backward square leg.
38.6: Shoaib Bashir to Angelo Mathews, Four!
39.5 : 39.5: Josh Hull to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Touch of class from the centurion!
40.3 : 40.3: Shoaib Bashir to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Pathum Nissanka fittingly hits the winning runs! Shoaib Bashir drags his length back, outside off, Pathum Nissanka lets it come to him and cuts it away nicely wide of backward point for a boundary. SRI LANKA WIN BY 8 WICKETS!