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Second Test, Galle (day two of five) |
Sri Lanka 381 (139.3 overs): Mathews 110, Dickwella 92; Anderson 6-40 |
England 98-2: Root 67*, Bairstow 24*; Embuldeniya 2-33 |
England trail by 283 runs |
Scorecard |
James Anderson and Joe Root kept England in contention on day two of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Galle.
Anderson took 6-40 from 29 overs – his 30th Test five-wicket haul – as England bowled their hosts out for 381.
He dismissed Angelo Mathews in his first over for 110 but Sri Lanka eked out a good score from 243-6, Niroshan Dickwella making 92 and Dilruwan Perera 67.
England fell to 5-2 in reply but Root’s enterprising 67 not out from 77 balls led England to 98-2 at the close, 283 behind.
He put on 93 with Jonny Bairstow, who is 24 not out, to steady England after openers Dom Sibley and Zak Crawley both fell, once again, to left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya.
Embuldeniya took two wickets in his first 19 balls after England’s spinners had earlier bowled 64 wicketless overs.
Mark Wood took 3-84 in support of the 38-year-old Anderson, who became the oldest fast bowler to take a five-wicket haul in Asia.
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