New Delhi: England cricket team suffered its first Test defeat this summer as Sri Lanka came all guns blazing to find a consolation win in the third and final Test by eight wickets at the Kennigton Oval in London on Monday. Despite the loss, England won the three-match Test series 2-1.
Sri Lanka opener Pathum Nissanka scored his maiden Test century in the chase after a brilliant half-century in the first innings. He remained unbeaten on 127, hammering 13 fours and two sixes, as the visitors wrapped the 219-run-chase in the morning of Day 4.
England failed to add to the 62-run lead in the first innings and faltered in the second innings. It was Sri Lanka pacer........