England v Sri Lanka 2021 Tour

Root misses a low catch at slip off the bowling of Leach, debutant Mendis given a life. 66-6 at Lunch as Bess gets Dickwella. Root puts down another catch at slip off Bess, this time Dilruwan Perera. 67-6 Lead 104

Cricket eh?
A bonkers game sometimes .
What on earth the Sri Lankan batsmen were doing I don't know

78-8, Sri Lanka lead 115. 4 each for Leach & Bess who took Dilruwan Perera, another sharp chance taken by Crawley at short-leg. Then with Root off the field Buttler called for a referral as Mendis is given out edging the ball onto his boot with Butler taking the catch, mirroring his own dismissal yesterday.

After batting really well in the 2nd innings of the 1st Test & the 1st innings of this match, Sri Lanka have reverted to the brainless batting they displayed in the 1st innings of the series.
Don't be fooled, with 2 wickets still to take, England already have a fight on their hands to chase down anything close to 150.

Yeah. Embuldeniya looks to be the key with bat and ball.
The game could be drifting away from England now.

126-9 lead 163, a damaging partnership with Embuldeniya making a Test match best of 40 as he added 48 with Lakmal. Root made the breakthrough & now 2 in 2, 126 all out

164 to win.
Squeaky bum time.

England are 46-1 at tea, they require 118 more runs for victory. Crawley got a decent ball from Embuldeniya, which he edged to slip.

England 143-4, with just 21 more runs required. Lawrence goes cheaply again after looking good in his debut innings. a rare failure for Root, who looks knackered. Bairstow played a busy innings, making 29. Sibley has grafted hard & Buttler looks assured at the crease.

England win by 6 wickets, Sibley 56 no Buttler 46 no