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Even at Tea, the match appeared to be heading in the direction of a nail-biter. Sri Lanka had earlier merely gifted their wickets within the second innings, shedding all 10 batsmen for simply 126, the top-scorer being their prime wicket-taker Lasith Embuldeniya, together with his 42-ball 40. With a goal of 164 to chase at Galle, England wobbled. Zak Crawley acquired squared up, Jonny Bairstow was trapped in entrance of leg, Joe Root acquired dismissed on the tour for the primary day without work a sweep shot, and Embuldeniya picked his tenth within the second Test by dismissed Daniel Lawrence with a floater across the center. England went 4 down in 25 overs for 89 runs and simply went it appeared Sri Lanka had discovered themselves again within the recreation, a resilient pair of Jos Buttler and Dom Sibley countered the spinners with astute warning to information the guests to a six-wicket win and a 2-0 collection win at Galle.
2011/12 was the tour when England’s streak of Test wins in Sri Lanka had begun. They received the second Test, ending the collection on a draw, earlier than returning in 2018 to wash sweep the Islanders 3-0 after which emulating the feat once more on this tour, taking their tally of consecutive wins to 6. England have now received 4 Tests collection in Sri Lanka – 1982, 2001, 2018, and 2021 – comprising 9 wins, 4 attracts, and 5 defeats in 20 matches.
6 consecutive wins in Sri Lanka make England the primary visiting staff to attain this feat. India have received their final 5 straight matches in Sri Lanka, beginning August 2015 and finishing a clear sweep in 2017.
50 is now England’s win proportion in Sri Lanka which is probably the most by any visiting staff adopted by Australia’s 30% (6 wins in 16 Tests). With 9 wins, they’ve equalled India’s tally for many matches received by a visiting staff in Sri Lanka.
Visting groups in England:
Team
Mat
Won
Lost
Tied
Draw
W/L
%W
England
18
9
5
0
4
1.8
0.5
Australia
16
6
4
0
6
1.5
0.3
India
24
9
7
0
8
1.285
0.3
Pakistan
23
8
7
0
8
1.142
0.3
New Zealand
17
5
7
0
5
0.714
0.2
South Africa
14
3
6
0
5
0.5
0.2
Bangladesh
12
1
10
0
1
0.1
0
West Indies
11
0
7
0
4
0
0
Zimbabwe
8
0
8
0
0
0
0
1914 was the final time England received 5 consecutive away Tests. With the 2-0 win, they accomplished their largest successful streak away from house within the final 107 years, the three different wins occurring in South Africa in January final 12 months. England had received seven matches on the trot between 1911 and 1914, defeating Australia 4 occasions and South Africa thrice.
5 occasions England have now received a Test in Asia after shedding the toss and batting second. It occurred in each the Tests this collection, twice through the 2012 collection in India, which that they had received, and the in Sri Lanka in the identical 12 months, in Colombo. Among non-Asian groups, England stand effectively in entrance adopted by New Zealand who’ve achieved it twice. South Africa and Australia are the one different groups. England are additionally the one non-Asian staff to win in Sri Lanka within the fourth innings. And they’ve achieved it six occasions. No different staff has achieved this feat even as soon as.
one hundred pc report for Root the captain, on Asian soil. The subsequent finest win proportion belongs to Tony Grieg – 60 per cent with three wins in 5 Tests. The win additionally implies that England are actually on a 10-match successful streak beneath Root, who now has 25 Test wins as captain, surpassing Alastair Cook. Only Micheal Vaughan has extra for England with 26 wins.
