England vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Sri Lanka tour of England, 2024 Venue: Kennington Oval, London Date & Time: Sep 06-Sep 09, 11:00 AM LOCAL
Vishwa Fernando 2-46(13 ov)
67.6
Vishwa Fernando to Josh Hull, no run, short and wide of off at I0$, Hull looks to slap it on the off-side and gets beaten on the outside edge
67.5
Vishwa Fernando to Josh Hull, no run, full outside off at I0$, Hull mistimes the drive to the left of mid-off
67.4
Vishwa Fernando to Josh Hull, no run, I0$ good length just outside off, bunted into the off-side
67.3
Vishwa Fernando to Josh Hull, 2 runs, full and in the channel outside off, Hull opens the bat face and drives in the gap wide of extra cover for a couple. Off the mark in Test cricket is Josh Hull...
67.2
Vishwa Fernando to Olly Stone, 1 run, good length on and around middle and leg, Stone clips it wide of backward square leg
67.1
Vishwa Fernando to Olly Stone, no run, short and angled down leg, Olly Stone looks to flick but the line was too far to fetch
65.6
Vishwa Fernando to Josh Hull, no run, short of length on and around middle and leg, Hull blocks it from the crease
65.5
Vishwa Fernando to Josh Hull, no run, length delivery angled in late outside off, not close enough to make Hull play
65.4
Vishwa Fernando to Josh Hull, no run, short and wide of off stump, Hull looks to slap it away but gets beaten by the extra bounce
65.3
Vishwa Fernando to Josh Hull, no run, stays on the back foot and blocks the length delivery into the off-side
65.2
Vishwa Fernando to Josh Hull, no run, swinging away in the channel just outside off, Hull looks to poke into the off-side and gets beaten on the outside edge
65.1
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, out Caught by Karunaratne!! Ollie Pope inspects his bat, clicks his eyebrows in disappointment before walking off. Was it the timing or placement? It appears to be the latter. Short ball angled into the right-hander, Pope swivels and pulls flat straight to the fielder at deep square. The Oval crowd rise as one and applaud what has been a terrific knock from their local boy. Stokes too looks very content inside the dressing room. Ollie Pope c Karunaratne b Vishwa Fernando 154(156) [4s-19 6s-2]
63.6
Vishwa Fernando to Atkinson, 1 run, pitched up outside off, Atkinson slaps the drive to the left of the fielder at extra cover
63.5
Vishwa Fernando to Atkinson, no run, beaten! Short of a length angling away off the seam outside off, Atkinson looks to push straight and gets beaten on the outside edge
63.4
Vishwa Fernando to Atkinson, no run, skiddy length delivery at I0$
63.3
Vishwa Fernando to Atkinson, no run, full and swinging away in the channel outside off at 135ks, Atkinson looks to drive straight and gets beaten on the outside edge
63.2
Vishwa Fernando to Atkinson, no run, short of length on off, Atkinson stays on the back foot and blocks
63.1
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, 1 run, short and wide of off, cut away to the left of sweeper cover
61.6
Vishwa Fernando to Woakes, no run, swerving away from a good length outside off, Woakes plays inside the line and lets it go
61.5
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, 1 run, short of length on and around off at I0$, Pope dabs it into the gap to the left of cover and brings up his 150. This is his third 150-plus score in Test cricket as well..
61.4
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, no run, short of length angling away outside off, Pope looks to cut and gets beaten on the outside edge
61.3
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, 2 runs, opens the bat face and stabs the I0$ short of length delivery square of third man
61.2
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, no run, full and swinging away outside off, Pope drives with hard hands and the outside edge drops well short of the lone slip fielder to his right
61.1
Vishwa Fernando to Woakes, 1 run, short of length on middle and leg at I0$, Woakes clips it to the right of square leg
59.6
Vishwa Fernando to Jamie Smith, out Caught by Kusal Mendis!! There's the reward for Sri Lanka. Full and swinging in late towards middle and leg, Jamie Smith looks to chip the flick on the leg-side and ends up hitting it off the thick inside half to the left of the fielder at mid-wicket. Kusal Mendis moves swiftly to his right and completes the catch. Jamie Smith c Kusal Mendis b Vishwa Fernando 16(31) [4s-2]
59.5
Vishwa Fernando to Jamie Smith, no run, this one skids off the deck and hits the splce as Smith drives to the left of cover
59.4
Vishwa Fernando to Jamie Smith, no run, similar channels at I0$, Smith tries to push down the ground and gets beaten on the outside edge
59.3
Vishwa Fernando to Jamie Smith, no run, swinging away from a length in the fifth stump channel at I0$. Smith looks to poke and gets beaten on the outside edge
59.2
Vishwa Fernando to Jamie Smith, 2 runs, full and wide of off, Smith opens the bat face and steers the drive square on the off-side
59.1
Vishwa Fernando to Jamie Smith, no run, full and swinging in towards off at I0$, Smith opens the bat face and taps into the off-side
57.6
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, no run, length delivery just slides down leg as Pope shuffles inside the line, clips his pad and goes through to the keeper
57.5
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, FOUR, how's that missed the stumps?! Full and shaping into the pads again, Ollie Pope goes across this again looking to flick, gets an inside edge onto the pads and it misses leg-stump by a whisker! Ollie Pope is certainly riding his luck here
57.4
Vishwa Fernando to Jamie Smith, 1 run, full and outside off, Jamie Smith carves it out to deep point off the outer half
57.3
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, 1 run, length delivery on the pads, tucked down to fine-leg
57.2
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, no run, Ollie Pope survives! Was a length delivery ending up on middle-leg, shaped back in and went past the inside edge as he looked to flick it into the leg-side, hit him right in front and umpire Chris Gaffaney didn't hesitate in giving it out. Ollie Pope did hesitate to send it upstairs but it saves him as ball-tracker shows it to be just about pitching outside leg, that was as close as they get!
57.1
Vishwa Fernando to Jamie Smith, leg byes, 1 run, very full and on the pads, bit of shape back in, hit the pads as Smith looked to flick it into the leg-side, stifled appeal for leg before, was too straight
30.6
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, no run, another one down leg, such a wasteful over this, Ollie Pope flicks and misses, Chandimal collects this time
30.5
Vishwa Fernando to Root, 1 run, down leg again, flicked to deep backward square leg
30.4
Vishwa Fernando to Root, no run, another poor delivery, short of length down leg, left alone and Chandimal fumbles but no damage done
30.3
Vishwa Fernando to Root, no run, short of length down leg, left alone, wasted delivery
30.2
Vishwa Fernando to Root, no run, again Root is in trouble, short of length on leg-stump, he is rushed by the extra bounce and the ball hits the handle and loops safely well wide of gully, could have gone straight up
30.1
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, 1 run, short of length outside off, Ollie Pope cuts to deep backward point
28.6
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, 1 run, full down leg, flicked to deep backward square leg
28.5
Vishwa Fernando to Root, 1 run, back of a length outside off, Root punches wide of backward point for one
28.4
Vishwa Fernando to Root, no run, short of length outside off, Root under-edges the cut to the slip cordon
28.3
Vishwa Fernando to Root, no run, short of length on off, nudged to mid-on
28.2
Vishwa Fernando to Root, 2 runs, length delivery across Root who walks and tucks it through mid-wicket for a couple
28.1
Vishwa Fernando to Root, no run, full outside off, Root gets forward to defend to cover
18.6
Vishwa Fernando to Duckett, FOUR, set the field for a bad ball but Duckett will still find the ropes, short and wide outside off, asking for trouble and Duckett crunches it away through to the deep point ropes with a cut, 50-run stand up already
18.5
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, 1 run, length delivery on middle, clipped away towards deep square leg
18.4
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, no run, full and shaping down leg, another one that Chandimal has to dive down to reel in
18.3
Vishwa Fernando to Duckett, 1 run, length delivery outside off, slapped away hard down to deep point
18.2
Vishwa Fernando to Duckett, no run, full and wide outside off, bit of shape away, Duckett throws his hands at it and misses, all hands and no feet but that's nothing new for Duckett
18.1
Vishwa Fernando to Duckett, no run, good length delivery on off-stump, Duckett is a little late in blocking and it lands at his feet
16.6
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, 1 run, back of a length on middle, tucked away towards deep square leg, will only be one
16.5
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, no run, gets it right, good length delivery on off-stump, Ollie Pope prods forward and blocks it firmly
16.4
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, no run, down leg again, this is poor, halfway down the pitch and down leg, Ollie Pope wants nothing to do with it
16.3
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, no run, and followed up by a beauty! Length delivery slanting across on off-stump, Ollie Pope had to play at it and it kept scrambling away with the angle, threatened to come back in but went past the outside edge
16.2
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, no run, there's the inconsitency again, fires this full and down leg, they won't be getting any wickets bowling there
16.1
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, FOUR, width on offer and Ollie Pope cashes in, length delivery slanting across outside off, bit too wide and Ollie Pope was able to free his arms and slice it away hard to the deep backward point ropes, there was a man out there but it went very quickly to his left, not much he could do to stop it
14.6
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, no run, short of length on middle and leg, Ollie Pope shuffles across for the clip, misses, off the thigh pad and he wants a single, has to turn back as Vishwa Fernando hunts the ball down
14.5
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, no run, short of length just outside off, Ollie Pope goes on the back foot to defend to mid-off
14.4
Vishwa Fernando to Ollie Pope, no run, 80mph, short of length outside off, angling away from Ollie Pope who cuts and misses
14.3
Vishwa Fernando to Duckett, 3 runs, 50 for Duckett. Cuts the short of length delivery outside off so hard that it bursts through cover's hands. Easy three
14.2
Vishwa Fernando to Duckett, no run, full outside off, Duckett is on the walk but he defends it to cover
14.1
Vishwa Fernando to Duckett, no run, 79mph, full angling into off, Duckett gets forward to defend it back
3.6
Vishwa Fernando to Duckett, 3 runs, too straight again, full on the stumps, Duckett whips it through mid-wicket this time, doesn't reach the boundary but good enough for three
3.5
Vishwa Fernando to Duckett, FOUR, too full and too straight, just where Duckett likes it and he's finally got one away off the middle, easy pickings as he whips it up and away off his pads, couple of bounces before it hits the square leg ropes
3.4
Vishwa Fernando to Lawrence, byes, 1 run, full and just outside off, Lawrence shoulders arms, it shoots off the deck and wobbles late meaning Chandimal fumbles, had to quickly point his fingers up and ended up tipping it over allowing a bye
3.3
Vishwa Fernando to Lawrence, no run, length delivery in the channel just outside off, left alone this time
3.2
Vishwa Fernando to Lawrence, no run, play and a miss, length delivery slanting across outside off, Lawrence looks to punch it through off-side and gets beaten, the bat sort of came around with the face closed, not a good shot and Lawrence knows it
3.1
Vishwa Fernando to Lawrence, no run, good length delivery on middle, lot straighter, Lawrence shuffles inside the line and drops it into the leg-side
3.1
Vishwa Fernando to Lawrence, wide, length delivery pushed across wide outside off, wide even by Test match standards
1.6
Vishwa Fernando to Lawrence, no run, past the outside edge! Good length delivery slanting across just outside off, Lawrence looks to push it back down the ground and is beaten as it just holds its line, Lawrence expected that to shape back in and it didn't
1.5
Vishwa Fernando to Lawrence, no run, length delivery on middle, Lawrence whips it towards square leg, was a little uppish but it landed short of the man
1.4
Vishwa Fernando to Duckett, 1 run, good length delivery on off-stump, Duckett shuffles across and tucks it towards mid-wicket for a quick single
1.3
Vishwa Fernando to Duckett, no run, good length delivery on off-stump, Duckett is solidly behind that as well with a block, no real swing or seam movment to speak of
1.2
Vishwa Fernando to Duckett, no run, off radar, goes length and pushes it down leg, Duckett can't lay bat with an attempted glance
1.1
Vishwa Fernando to Duckett, no run, length delivery on off-stump, firmly blocked towards mid-off
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