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England vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, 3rd Test, Sri Lanka vs England 2018
Result · Nov 23 2018, Fri - 10:00 AM (IST)
ENGLAND336, 230
SRI LANKA240, 284
England won by 42 runs
CRR:3.28
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Match Info
| Series: | England in Sri Lanka 2018 |
| Date: | Nov 23 2018, Fri - 10:00 AM (IST) |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| City: | Colombo |
| Venue: | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground |
| Toss: | England won the toss and elected to bat. |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Dimuth Karunaratne, Danushka Gunathilaka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Roshen Silva, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Dilruwan Perera, Suranga Lakmal (c), Lakshan Sandakan, Malinda Pushpakumara |
| England Playing XI: | Rory Burns, Keaton Jennings, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root (c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali, Ben Foakes (wk), Adil Rashid, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach |
- Sri Lanka have now lost three straight Test matches on home soil to England, the first time this has ever happened.
- England have won four consecutive Tests for the first time since July 2013; the last time they enjoyed a longer streak was a six-game run in 2010.
- England have won back to back away games for the first time since their 2012 tour to India, the last time the won more consecutive away games was a three-game run in the Windies in 2004
- Sri Lanka and England have played four previous Tests against each other at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo, the hosts have won twice with England picking up one victory and the last encounter (2007) ending in a draw.
- After four consecutive draws between 2010 and 2014, Sri Lanka’s last five Tests at the Sinhalese have produced a result, three home wins and two victories for India in that time.
- England have secured only their second Test series win on the road in their last nine attempts (D3 L4).
- Ben Foakes (England) is the leading run scorer in the series so far (228), the most runs scored by an England player batting at seven or lower in an away series is 365 by Alan Knott in 1974 in the Windies.
- James Anderson is set to miss England's encounter with Sri Lanka, the last time England went into a Test without both Anderson and Alastair Cook was in November 2005, against Pakistan in Lahore.
- England captain Joe Root needs 105 runs to become the second player to score 1,000 Test runs in 2018 (Virat Kohli 1,063); he fell short of this milestone by 34 runs in 2017 having reached it in 2015 and 2016.
- England’s Sam Curran has hit 14 Test sixes in 2018, more than any other player, Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis is joint third on this list with eight maximums.