Pathum Nissanka leads Sri Lanka to an amazing victory over England
On Monday Sri Lanka completed a rare test victory in England as the reach the target of 219 runs quite easily on the 4th day of the match at the Oval.PathumNissanka’s unbeaten 127 leading them to a consolation win in a 2-1 series defeat.
After their impressive end to Sunday’s final session, Sri Lanka resumed at 94-1, needing a further 125 to win and knocked them off in a little over two hours to finish on 219-2 and win by eight wickets.
KusalMendis had added nine to his overnight 30 before a brilliant running catch by Shoaib Bashir gave Gus Atkinson another wicket, but it proved the only bright note for England on an overcast south London day.
In Sunday’s final session Nissanka, who had hammered a quick 53 not out to set up the chase, was initially more controlled in his approach, but kept the scoreboard ticking and reached his second test century off 107 balls.
Nissanka underpinned the chase with his second test hundred, reaching three figures in 107 balls and finishing 127 not out as Sri Lanka got to 219 in 40.3 overs.