Match State: Innings Break
PLS Gamage c Chopra b Plunkett 8 (32b 1x4 0x6) SR: 25.00
END OF OVER:92 | 4 Runs | SL-A: 289/9
- Vishwa Fernando1 (10b)
- Lahiru Gamage8 (30b)
- Graham Onions15-6-24-4
- Liam Plunkett16-5-37-1
Match State: Innings Break
PLS Gamage c Chopra b Plunkett 8 (32b 1x4 0x6) SR: 25.00
England Lions captain Chris Woakes has credited his team's preparation and their unrelenting focus on victory, for the 1-0 series win over Sri Lanka A.
Sam Robson underlined his batting potential with his fifth hundred of the winter as England Lions secured a series win against Sri Lanka A in Colombo
So highly rated in county cricket but so emphatically embarrassed in his first Test at the Oval last year, Simon Kerrigan delivered an incisive spell in Colombo that may light his path to redemption.
Sri Lanka A's hopes of levelling the series diminished on Thursday, after England Lions had added a further 159 runs, but for Upul Tharanga and Suraj Randiv, the second day brought their possible return to the tips of the Test team
A polished 83 from Varun Chopra laid the base for a busy, unbeaten 130-run stand between Chris Woakes and Scott Borthwick in the evening, as England Lions moved to a comfortable 302 for 5