Following Sri Lanka's disappointing loss against England in the second Test match, skipper Dhananjaya de Silva said that the visitors tried to control the match but it was not enough.
Atkinson continued his rise in international cricket, getting a fine match-winning century and a five-wicket haul to accomplish a rare double at the iconic venue. This also helped England secure a 190 run win over Sri Lanka and win the three-match series 2-0.
Joe Root and Gus Atkinson were the standouts as England secured a 190 run win over Sri Lanka to take the three-match series 2-0. While Root continued getting closer to Indian icon Sachin Tendulkar's run tally with twin centuries, that helped him surpass former skipper Alastair Cook's century
Pakistan wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan and Bangladesh's Mehidy Hasan Miraz shared a heartwarming moment on the field during Day 3 of the second Test at Rawalpindi on Sunday.
Root surpassed the legendary cook to register the most centuries by an English batter in the longest format. Root reached this new height in Test cricket during the second Test against Sri Lanka at the iconic Lord's Stadium.
England batter Joe Root had special praise in store for his fellow compatriot Gus Atkinson after witnessing his classic stroke play straight down the ground on the opening day of the second Test against Sri Lanka at the Lord's.
Babar scored a duck in the first innings while he made just 22 runs in the second innings as Pakistan slipped to a ten-wicket loss to Bangladesh in the first Test and are trailing in the series by 1-0. In his last seven Tests and 13 innings, he has scored just 275 runs at an average of 21.15
Pakistan head coach Jason Gillespie on Thursday confirmed that star pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi has been dropped from the playing eleven against Bangladesh in the second Test match.
Sri Lanka, who will take on England in the second Test at the Lords beginning Thursday, will have high hopes from their left-hand batter Kamindu Mendis, who has an average of 92.16 in the past four Test matches