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England captain Joe Root led his side from the front to beat Sri Lankaꦓ in the first Test at Galle International Stadium.
On Monday, the English team chased down the paltry target of 74 to register a victory by seven wickets. Jonny Bairstow and Dan Lawrence scored unbeaten 35 and 21 respectively to take their side over the finish♛ line.
With the win, England have managed to record 𝐆four consecutive away Tests victories for the first time since 1957.
Earlier, in the first innings, Root smashed his Test career’s fourth double century and guided England to post 421 on the board in reply of Sri Lanka’s 135.
Root made 228 off 321 deliverie♊s with the help of 18 fours and one six. Apart from the Yorkshire batsman, debutant Lawrence also shined with the willow, scoring 73 from 150 balls including seven boundaries.
The hosts did show some positives in their second innings thanks to Lahiru Thirimanne who scored his second Test century after a gap of eight years. Kusal Perera played a handy ﷽knock of 62 to take the Lankanꦦs to 359/10, setting the visitors a 74-run target.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Fantastic win for England .. Never e🌺asy winning a Test in the sub continent .. Than꧒ks for all of you who have joined us on for the early shift .. We will be back on Friday at 415 am
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
YES LADS! 🦁 🦁 🦁
Scorecard:
— England Cricket (@englandcricket)
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Joe ♏Ro💦ot showing some great appreciation to their lone supporter DJ Randy Caddick, real name Rob Lewis!
— 🏏Flashscore Cricket Commentators (@FlashCric)🐻
Joe Root's 228 was the highest score by a visiting batsman in Sri Lanka for over a decade.
He wins the Player of the Match award 👏👏
— Wisden (@WisdenCricket)
🏴 ENGLAND WIN!!!!
What a brilliant performance from England 👏👏👏
— England's Barmy Army 🏴🎺 (@TheBarmyArmy)
Good win for 5th conseᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚcutive win in SL.. play🤡ed some wonderful cricket .. Congratulations 👏
— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69)
🏴 Most✃ Test wins as England captain 🏴
Michael Vaughan: 2️⃣6️⃣
Sir Andrew Strauss: 2️⃣4️⃣
Sir Alastair Cook: 2️⃣4️⃣
Joe Root: 2️⃣4️⃣— The Cricketer (@TheCricketerMag)
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Eng has won 2 tests in a🧸 rꦓow at Galle now. After failing 4 times previously.
— Damith Samarakoon (@damithsama)
Never in doubt 😜
— Adelaide Barmies (@AdelaideBarmies)
