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England defeated Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the first of the two Tests.
To remain in calculations for WTC final, England need to win the second test against Sri Lanka and then travel to India and win that series, too.
Resuming on 38/3 on Day Five, wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow and debutant Danial Lawrence carried England to their 76-run target inside 35 minutes on the final morning of the Test match.
Leftarm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya grabbed 2-13 and first innings double century-maker Joe Root was brilliantly run out by Niroshan Dickwella for 1 as England went to stumps on a nervy 38-3.
Root’s 228 had provided England a strong total of 421 and a meaningful first innings lead of 286, but Thirimanne stood firm for two sessions to remain unbeaten on 76 off 189 balls and carried Sri Lanka to 156-2 at stumps.
Root ended his long wait for a hundred with the addition of an 18th Test century to his name and later converted it to a well-composed 228 off 321 balls laced with 18 fours and a six in England's first Test against Sri Lanka at the Galle.
England resumed at the overnight score of 127 for two and lost the wicket of Jonny Bairstow early with the addition of just four runs.
Two employees, working in the team hotel kitchen, have returned positive results in the RT-PCR tests conducted on Thursday.
Sri Lanka has 50,200 cases of coronavirus and 247 deaths related to it since mid-March.
Sri Lanka had a substandard day with the bat as they were able to post just 135 on the scoreboard.
Captain Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow further thwarted Sri Lanka ambitions with a gritty, unbroken stand of 110 runs to close the day at 127-2, trailing by just eight runs.
The two-Test series, beginning Thursday, is part of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship.
The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested nine Indian fishermen and seized one boat for allegedly fishing in that country's waters, besides damaging fishing nets in a separate incident, officials said here on Sunday.
Dananjaya was originally suspended from bowling in December 2018.
COVID-19 pandemic has not dented India-Sri Lanka bilateral cooperation, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during India-Sri Lanka joint press conference on January 06.
South Africa bowled Sri Lanka out for 211 in its second innings at the start of the day at the Wanderers, leaving the Proteas with a simple target of 67 to win.
Only one other batsman managed to hold off South Africa's pace bowlers on a Wanderers pitch that has been playing typically tough for batsmen. In just two days, 24 wickets have fallen.
Anderson has taken just 12 wickets in 11 innings of six Tests in Sri Lanka. He has bowled just 176.4 overs -- 16 overs per innings on average in Sri Lanka
Ali will have to observe 10-day isolation in accordance with the Sri Lanka Government’s protocol.
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