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Sri Lanka vs England Scorecard, 3rd Test, England vs Sri Lanka 2024
Result · Sep 06 2024, Fri - 03:30 PM (IST)
ENGLAND325, 156
SRI LANKA263, 219/2
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
CRR:5.41
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Match Info
| Series: | Sri Lanka in England 2024 |
| Date: | Sep 06 2024, Fri - 03:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | England |
| City: | London |
| Venue: | The Kia Oval |
| Toss: | Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| England Playing XI: | Dan Lawrence, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (c), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Olly Stone, Josh Hull, Shoaib Bashir |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva (c), Kamindu Mendis, Milan Rathnayake, Vishwa Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Asitha Fernando |
- England have won their last seven men's Tests against Sri Lanka – their longest winning run against them in the history of the format; their most recent defeat against them was a 100-run loss in June 2014.
- England are undefeated in their last eight men's Tests at home (W7 D1); the last time they recorded a longer unbeaten run at home in the format was a 11-match span from August 2010 to June 2012 (W8 D3).
- Sri Lanka have lost each of their last two men's Tests away from home; the last time they recorded a longer losing run in such fixtures was a three-match span from December 2018 to January 2019.
- England have won five of their last six men's Tests at The Oval in London (L1) including each of their last two; their only defeat in that span was a 157-run loss against India in September 2021.
- Only India (72.7%) have a better batting good connection rate in me'’s Tests since the beginning of 2023 than England (67.5%) and Sri Lanka (67.4%).
- England have hit a boundary once every 11.1 balls faced in men's Tests since the beginning of 2023, the most frequent of any team in that time; Sri Lanka (once every 14 balls faced) are ranked third in this category (Bangladesh – once every 13.4 balls faced).
- Joe Root (961) is 39 away from scoring 1,000 runs in men's Tests in 2024; if he achieves the milestone in this match it’ll be the fifth time he’s reached it in a calendar year (2022, 2021, 2016, 2015) – equalling Alastair Cook (x5) for the most instances for England in the history of the format.
- Kamindu Mendis (Sri Lanka) has a batting average of 81.4 in men's Tests in 2024, the second best of any player (min. 3 innings) this year (Mohammad Rizwan – 82 for Pakistan); he's scored 70+ in two of his last three Test innings against England (113, 74, 4).
- England duo Gus Atkinson (33) and Shoaib Bashir (31) have taken more wickets than any other players in men's Tests in 2024; the last time an England spin bowler took more wickets than Bashir in a calendar year was Jack Leach in 2022 (46).
- Ben Duckett (England) has a batting strike rate of 86.4 from 711 balls faced in men's Tests in 2024, the second best of any player (min. 90 balls faced) this year (Matt Henry – 110.4 from 125 balls faced for New Zealand).