Watch cricket video highlights of Sri Lanka of England 2024. First test between England vs Sri Lanka. Venue of the match will be Manchester.
In response, Root and Brook settled in for a traditional rebuilding job, putting up 49 for the fourth wicket at a rate of less than 3.4 an over. This was due to Sri Lanka’s well-organized attack as well as England’s rather shallow batting lineup without Ben Stokes. When Brook had just four runs to his name, Jayasuriya’s tight line from over the wicket often tempted him to sweep his way through a crowded field behind square.
Had Ramesh Mendis, the replacement fielder, clung to his outstretched right hand at backward square, England could have been four down before lunch. But the following opening was pricked by Jayasuriya’s reluctance to circle the wicket. When the ball chipped back to the bowler on 32, Brook did not account for the drift back into his stumps and was given a hard look by Kusal when the replay appeared on the big screen.
Root had initially thought the ball had been grounded again. Smith then emerged, needing 86 more. Ben Foakes was chosen over him mostly because of his perceived shortcomings as an aggressive batter, especially when marshalling the tail. The task at hand, however, was quite different: the defense had to be England’s most devoted and outstanding matchwinner’s reliable partner. Smith more than demonstrated himself worthy of the assignment. In the end, though, Root—whose senior status made him even more dominant in Stokes’ absence—was England’s key man.
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