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[The Dark Knight]

England end up winning by 5 wickets
SL second innings 326
Mendis 113
Chandimal 79
Potts 3/47
Woakes 3/58

Eng second innings 5/205
Root 62*
A Fernando 2/25

[batmanbegins]

Good to gut out a win, Sri Lanka aren't to bad and put up a good fight. Definitely miss something when wood is out though, desperately need him and Archer for the ashes here.

Pope was our skipper obviously in this test but I would honestly not pick him in our starting 11 here for the ashes, he's so skittish and against class fast bowling I'm not sure he's good enough. Lawrence has something about him and looked real good here in the As tour a couple years ago, much rather see him at 3. Smith looks a real gem though which is a big bonus.

[mighty_tiger_79]

Bangers win by 10 wickets vs Pakistan

[The Dark Knight]

Bangers win by 10 wickets vs Pakistan

Looks like they rolled Pakistan in their second innings.

[Armchair expert]

Bangers win by 10 wickets vs Pakistan

Looks like they rolled Pakistan in their second innings.

A Dizzy coached team having a 2nd innings collapse.

Hey I think I've seen that movie before

[Minimum Chips]

Bangers win by 10 wickets vs Pakistan

Looks like they rolled Pakistan in their second innings.

A Dizzy coached team having a 2nd innings collapse.

Hey I think I've seen that movie before

Good to see Dizzy and his sidekick Nielsen are carrying over their success - unless there was a fix on!!

[Lightning McQueen]

Bangers win by 10 wickets vs Pakistan

Looks like they rolled Pakistan in their second innings.

A Dizzy coached team having a 2nd innings collapse.

Hey I think I've seen that movie before

It usually follows a first innings collapse too though.

[locky801]

Bangers win by 10 wickets vs Pakistan

Looks like they rolled Pakistan in their second innings.

A Dizzy coached team having a 2nd innings collapse.

Hey I think I've seen that movie before

Reported that Dizzy and the Pakistan captain at loggerheads that the captain yelling his head off at Dizzy who just stood there evidently and took it.

Was not reported what it was about

[Armchair expert]

Bangers win by 10 wickets vs Pakistan

Looks like they rolled Pakistan in their second innings.

A Dizzy coached team having a 2nd innings collapse.

Hey I think I've seen that movie before

Reported that Dizzy and the Pakistan captain at loggerheads that the captain yelling his head off at Dizzy who just stood there evidently and took it.

Was not reported what it was about

https://www.wisden.com/series/pakistan- ... -gillespie

Was the first time Bangladesh beat Pakistan in test cricket
Only teams Bangladesh have not beaten now are India and South Africa

[The Dark Knight]

England v Sri Lanka, second test at Lord's
England sent in by SL, 3/97 at lunch.
Duckett 40
Root 29*

The second Pakistan v Bangladesh test starts tomorrow and Pakistan (maybe Dizzy himself the conspiracy theorists might suggest) has swung the axe and dropped Shaheen Shah Afridi. His form has probably been worthy of been dropped anyway.

[locky801]

Great nights cricket, awesome last session with 158 runs scored

England 7/358

Root 143
Atkinson 74*

[The Dark Knight]

Great nights cricket, awesome last session with 158 runs scored

England 7/358

Root 143
Atkinson 74*

Root now has 33 test hundreds, equalling Alastair Cook, has surpassed Cook for most test runs in England (6630) and now has 6 test hundreds at Lord's, equalling Michael Vaughan and Graham Gooch.

[locky801]

Great nights cricket, awesome last session with 158 runs scored

England 7/358

Root 143
Atkinson 74*

Root now has 33 test hundreds, equalling Alastair Cook, has surpassed Cook for most test runs in England (6630) and now has 6 test hundreds at Lord's, equalling Michael Vaughan and Graham Gooch.

Root was a class above all other batters last night was a great innings to watch

[Armchair expert]

Will likely finish with the 2nd most test runs

Still yet to score a ton in AUS

[locky801]

Pakistan & Bangladesh 2nd test

Day 1 Washed out

[The Dark Knight]

England currently 9/426
Atkinson 118 (115) batting at 8, his maiden first class hundred.

[daysofourlives]

England currently 9/426
Atkinson 118 (115) batting at 8, his maiden first class hundred.

Already contributed more in 4 Tests than Anderson did for the last 4 years

[The Dark Knight]

Stumps Day 3
SL 196
Mendis 74
Potts 2/19

England second innings 251
Root 103
Fernando 3/52

SL second innings 2/53, need 430 to win

Joe Root is absolutely powering along at the moment-
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/joe- ... ka-1449391

34- Hundreds in Test cricket for Joe Root, the most by any England batter, surpassing Alastair Cook. He achieved the record with his second century in the second Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's.

5- Batters with more centuries than Root in Test cricket - Sachin Tendulkar (51), Jacques Kallis (45), Ricky Ponting (41), Kumar Sangakkara (38) and Rahul Dravid (36). Root is level with Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara, Mahela Jayawardene, and Younis Khan on 34 Test hundreds.

4- Players with hundreds in both innings of a Lord's Test. George Headley scored 106 and 107 for West Indies against England in 1939, Graham Gooch did it against India in 1990, Michael Vaughan against West Indies in 2004, and now Root against Sri Lanka.

1- The Lord's Test was the first time Root scored two centuries in a Test match. His second-innings ton, off 111 balls, was the fastest of his 34 Test hundreds. His previous fastest was off 116 deliveries against New Zealand at Trent Bridge in 2022.

2022- Root's Test runs at Lord's, now the highest after surpassing Gooch's 2015. Root's 2022 runs at Lord's is the fifth-highest aggregate by a batter at a venue in Test cricket.

7- Root's Test hundreds at Lord's, the most at the venue.

6733- Root's Test aggregate at home. He is now the leading run-getter in Tests in England (and Wales), going past Cook's tally of 6568.

50- Hundreds for Root in international cricket - 34 in Tests and 16 in ODIs. He is the first from England and only the ninth in international cricket with 50 or more hundreds.

200- Number of catches Root has taken in Test cricket, after catching Nishan Madushka and Pathum Nissanka on the third day at Lord's. He's joint third with Jacques Kallis and only ten behind the leader Rahul Dravid.

[Brodlach]

Sri Lanka have been so disappointing so far in this series, thought it would have been a lot closer

[locky801]

Sri Lanka have been so disappointing so far in this series, thought it would have been a lot closer

Bowling hasnt been all that flash, the pace bowlers just seem content in bowling short balls all the time.

Reckon Root has scored over 90% of his runs this test on the leg side