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After a long period of limited cricket, cricket enthusiasts all over the world are enjoying some thrilling Test cricket action. England and Sri Lanka are locking horns in a three-match Test series. In the first innings of the Test match, Sri Lanka witnessed some serious turmoil. England is facing some struggles while batting in the first innings. After watching this, the fans took Twitter on storm.
The Turmoil of Sri Lanka and England:
On the first day of the first Test match between India and England, Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat on a hard. But they failed to utilize the favor and gained little advantage. England’s side got off to a strong start despite the conditions. Gus Atkinson got the first breakthrough. Just after that, Chris Woakes dismissed Nishan Madushka. That was an early setback. After that, they lost three wickets consecutively. Standing on a crucial point, captain Dhananjaya de Silva and Milan Rathnayake made an effective partnership.
As the partnership was going on, young England bowler Shoaib Bashir dismissed the Sri Lankan captain and Rathnayake. With those, Sri Lanka’s hope to score big ended. They got all out in 236 runs. In the first innings, the English bowlers shone. Chris Woakes and Shoaib Bashir secured three wickets each. Gus Atkinson secured two crucial wickets.
While batting in the first innings, England had an average start. Opener Ben Duckett was dismissed scoring only 18 runs. Dan Lawrence was also dismissed on 30 runs. In the absence of skipper Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope is leading the team. But he lost his wicket after scoring only 6 runs. On the other hand, Joe Root missed his another half-century in the Test format. He was dismissed on 42 runs.
Twitter Reaction to the Test:
After watching this turmoil, fans have gone crazy on Twitter. A user named Sharon Solomon said, “Just woke up to see England giving Sri Lanka a tough time, and it’s not even halfway through the 20 overs yet.”
Another user called Phoney Gandhi wrote, “Sri Lanka started leaking runs…#Root and #Brook taking advantage.” Sreekar wrote, “Good recovery from #EnglandCricket a small comeback. Need a very big partnership.”
Cricket Vibes_Arjav wrote, “Not the same era though.” Another user named Yosef Mordechai Coleman wrote, “England 90 in arrears. What a Michael Atherton phrase to Use.”
A user named Deadpool wrote, “Hey brook, root unnaru crease lo. Hope for big scores.” Another user called @Tutterdotcom said, “Just when I thought England are gonna run over Lankan bowlers, they’ve lost quick wickets while going 5rpo.”
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