ENG vs SL: Pathum Nissanka’s Unbeaten Hundred Powers Sri Lanka To Beat England For 4th Test Win On English Soil
Pathum Nissanka’s 127 not out came in 107 balls with 13 fours and two sixes. It was also his second Test hundred after the first one came against West Indies.
London: Sri Lanka earned their simplest fourth Test victory on English soil after an unbeaten century by opener Pathum Nissanka helped the visitors secure an eight-wicket win within the 0.33 and final match of the series against England at The Oval on Monday. England won the series 2-1 but missed out on a second clean sweep of its international summer, having defeated the West Indies three-zero in July.
Starting Day four on 94/1 and requiring 125 more runs to win, the Sri Lankans needed barely two hours to complete the job in clinical fashion. The platform changed into built on Sunday after they skittled England for 156 in only 34 overs and got a victory target of 219.
Nissanka underpinned the chase with his second Test hundred, reaching three figures in 107 balls and finishing 127 now not out as Sri Lanka got to 219 in 40.three overs. The diminutive opener, who struck 13 fours and two sixes, spread his arms wide and soaked within the applause within a half of-full ground after passing 100, then kissed his bat and looked to the sky.
His other century changed into against the West Indies in 2021, his first year within the Sri Lankan Test team. The everyday of his knock raised the question why he didn’t start the first test against England at Old Trafford last month, earlier than he changed into recalled for the second Test at Lord’s.
Fittingly, it changed into Nissanka who scored the clinching runs with a cut for four. The tourists’ previous Test wins in England came in 1998 – that famous 10-wicket victory in a one-off test at The Oval – besides as at Trent Bridge in 2006 and Headingley in 2014.
This most modern one looked not going after they won the toss but couldn’t capitalise on perfect bowling conditions on Day 1, which England ended on 221-three. It changed into all Sri Lanka after that, nonetheless it, as England got sloppy and every every now and then reckless.
Some of essentially the most basic wicket to fall on Monday changed into that of Kusal Mendis (39), who pulled a delivery from Gus Atkinson and saw Shoaib Bashir take a diving catch within the deep. Angelo Mathews changed into unbeaten on 32 alongside Nissanka at the tip, with the pair putting on 111 runs in an unbroken stand for the 0.33 wicket.
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