England vs Sri Lanka 3rd Test 2024 Highlights

Watch the highlights of England vs Sri Lanka 3rd Test 2024 - Sri Lanka tour of England 3-match Test series of the 3rd Test match played between Sri Lanka and England at Kennington Oval, London in 06th September to 09th September 2024.

Pathum Nissanka and Angelo Mathews embrace © Getty Images

Pathum Nissanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Lahiru Kumara and Vishwa Fernando guided Sri Lanka consolation win against England by a emphatic eight-wickets, despite a captain Ollie Pope's 154 and avoid the series whitewash in the third & final Test match.

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Sri Lanka chased 220 was their highest successful run-chase against England in Tests, previous highest chase was 140 at Colombo (SSC) in 1993. This is the Ollie Pope's seventh century in Test matches. Interestingly, each of his first seven centuries came against different opponents - a first in the 147-year of Test cricket history. England's 325 was their second highest score against Sri Lanka at The Oval in Tests after their 445 in 1998. England's 156 was their lowest score against Sri Lanka at The Oval in Tests, previous lowest was 181 in 1998. Sri Lanka's 263 was their second highest score against England at The Oval in Tests after their 591 in 1998. Dimuth Karunaratne became the fourth Sri Lankan player to reach 7000 Test runs after Kumar Sangakkara (12400) Mahela Jayawardene (11814) and Angelo Mathews (7766).

* Bad light forces Stumps after Stand-in captain Ollie Pope's unbeaten blazing century and Ben Duckett's sparkling 86 on the opening day of the third & final Test match.

* More bad-light farce at The Oval Test as Pace bowler Chris Woakes is forced to bowl spin in the mid-over on the day 2 - due to the on-field umpires' concerns about the deteriorating conditions.

* Bad light brings another early close after Pathum Nissanka, Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis' fifties as Sri Lanka recovery on the day two of the third & final Test match.

* Sri Lanka charge toward The Oval victory after fightback from pace bowlers Lahiru Kumara's four-for and Vishwa Fernando's three-for on the 16-wicket day three of the third & final Test match.

* Opener Pathum Nissanka's unbeaten 127 leads to Sri Lanka fourth Test win in England on the day of the third & final Test match.

England 1st Innings scored 325 for all-out in 69.1 overs at Stumps - with top scorer by Ollie Pope hammered a 154 off 156-balls - which was his 7th Test hundred and his first century against Sri Lanka in Tests - including 19-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 98.71.

Ben Duckett blasted a 86 off 79-balls including 9-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 108.86, Jamie Smith scored 16 off 31-balls contained two boundaries and Olly Stone hit a unbeaten 15 off 12-balls included one-six & a four with strike-rate of 125.

1st Innings Sri Lanka best bowler by Milan Rathnayake picked up 3-wickets, Dhananjaya de Silva, Vishwa Fernando, Lahiru Kumara each took 2-wickets and one for Asitha Fernando.

Sri Lanka 1st Innings scored 263 for all-out in 61.3 overs with top scorer by Dhananjaya de Silva cracked a 69 off 111-balls including 11-fours

Pathum Nissanka hammered a 64 off 51-balls including 9-fours with strike rate of 125.49, Kamindu Mendis blasted a 64 off 91-balls included 7-fours with strike rate of 70.32 and Kusal Mendis hit 14 off 13-balls contained three-fours and Asitha Fernando 11.

1st Innings England best bowler by Olly Stone picked up 3-wickets for 35-runs in 9-overs including three maidens, Debutant Josh Hull - who took 3-wickets on his debut Test match and Chris Woakes captured 2-wicket and one for Shoaib Bashir.

England 2nd Innings scored 156 for all-out in 34 overs with top scorer by Jamie Smith hammered a 67 off 50-balls including 10-fours & a six with strike rate of 134.

Dan Lawrence hit a run-a-ball 35-runs including 3-fours & a six with strike rate of 100, Joe Root scored 12 off 18-balls contained 2-fours and Olly Stone 10.

2nd Innings Sri Lanka best bowler by Lahiru Kumara claimed a 4-wickets for 21-runs in 7-overs including a maiden, Vishwa Fernando picked up 3-wickets for 40-runs in 8-overs included a boundary, Asitha Fernando took 2-wickets and one for Milan Rathnayake.

Sri Lanka chased 219-2 in 40.3 overs with top scorer by Pathum Nissanka hammered a unbeaten 127 off 124 balls - which was his 2nd Test hundred and his first century against England in Tests - including 13-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of .

Kusal Mendis blasted a 39 off 37-balls including 7-fours with strike rate of 105.40 and Angelo Mathews hit a unbeaten 32 off 61-balls contained three-fours.

2nd Innings England best bowler by Gus Atkinson and Chris Woakes both took one-wickets.

Pathum Nissanka named Player of the match for his match-winning superb unbeaten 127 off 124-balls in the fourth innings.

Joe Root earned player of the series for contributing 375 runs in the three-match series.

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