Dinesh Chandimal
ENG vs SL: During the first Test match being played at Old Trafford in Manchester, the visiting team Sri Lanka has suffered a major setback. On the third day of the first Test, Sri Lanka’s wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Chandimal had to retire hurt and leave the field. This incident happened on the second ball of the 18th over of Sri Lanka’s second innings when Chandimal was facing England’s fast bowler Mark Wood.
Wood’s dangerous bouncer injured him
Wood bowled this ball at a speed of 143 kmph which was a bouncer. Chandimal got injured while trying to play this bouncer. Wood’s fast ball hit his thumb. As soon as the ball hit Chandimal started groaning due to pain. After this, Sri Lankan physio immediately came on the field and examined Chandimal’s injury. Shortly after the ball hit Chandimal’s thumb swelled and then he went out of the field with the physio. When Chandimal was hit by this ball, he was playing after scoring 10 runs. After Chandimal returned to the pavilion, Sri Lankan captain Dhananjay de Silva came on the field to handle the innings.
The third day of the Manchester Test belonged to England’s batsmen. England’s young wicketkeeper-batsman Jamie Smith created history by scoring a brilliant century. Smith became the youngest wicketkeeper to score a century in Tests for England. In this way, he broke a 94-year-old record. Thanks to Smith’s century, England was able to score 358 runs in their first innings. Jamie Smith scored 111 runs and Harry Brook scored 56 runs in the first innings for England. Earlier, Sri Lanka’s first innings were restricted to 236 runs.
England gained a lead of 122 runs over Sri Lanka due to their first innings of 358 runs. Talking about Sri Lanka’s second innings, by tea time the team had put 107 runs on the scoreboard after losing 4 wickets. Kamindu Mendis was unbeaten on 6 runs and Angelo Mathews was unbeaten on 48 runs.
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