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ENG vs SL: The first innings of the first match of the three-match Test series between England and Sri Lanka was played in Manchester. On the first day of the Test match, the Sri Lankan team won the toss and chose to bat first. Despite Dhananjay de Silva's team losing 7 wickets for 113 runs, the Sri Lankan team was able to reach only 236 runs at the end of the innings.
In this match, Sri Lankan batsman Milan Priyanath Ratnayake has made an amazing record. The cricketer strengthened the team by playing a tremendous aggressive innings of 72 runs in 135 balls. With this, Milan has become the batsman to score the most runs at number 9 in a debut Test match. He has broken the 41-year-old record of former Indian cricketer Balwinder Singh Sandhu.
broke 41 year old record
Balwinder Singh did this feat in the Hyderabad (Singh) Test match against Pakistan in 1983. In India's first innings, Balwinder Singh Sandhu scored 71 runs while batting at number nine.
Talking about this match, Milan Priyanath Ratnaik has become the second highest run scorer for Sri Lanka in this order. Upal Chandana is on top in this case. He scored 92 runs while batting at number nine against Zimbabwe in 2002.
Milan Priyanath Ratnayake shared a 63-run partnership with Dhananjay de Silva in the match against England. Dhananjay de Silva was dismissed after scoring 74 runs. After this, Ratnayake shared a 50-run partnership with Vishwa Fernando. Milan Priyanath Ratnayake was dismissed after scoring 72 runs.
Vishwa Fernando was run out as the last wicket after scoring 13 runs. Apart from Milan Priyanath Ratnayake and Dhananjay de Silva, Kusal Mendim scored 24 runs. Dinesh Chandimal scored 17 runs and experienced Angelo Mathews also could not open the account.
In bowling, Chris Woakes and Shoaib Bashir took 3-3 wickets. Gus Atkinson took 2 wickets while Mark Wood got 1 wicket. By the end of the first day's play, England has scored 22 runs without losing any wicket.