England v Sri Lanka: Steady England see off Sri Lanka
Test Match Special
BBC
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🗓️ 24 August 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Jonathan Agnew is alongside Michael Vaughan & former Sri Lanka allrounder Russel Arnold for reaction to England’s win over Sri Lanka at Old Trafford, which sees them lead the 3 test series 1-0.
England captain Ollie Pope, covering for the injured Ben Stokes, “enjoyed the challenge” captaining the side and has his fingers crossed that Mark Wood will be fit for the second test at Lord’s. Player of the match Jamie Smith reflects on the “relief” he felt getting the win over the line and achieving his first test century for England. Also, Sri Lanka captain Dhananjaya De Silva looks back on the ball change that “everything changed” during his side’s second innings.
Plus, listen back to the lighter moments from inside the TMS commentary box during the test at Old Trafford.
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| 0:44.4 | where England have steadily steered themselves to victory in the first test against Sri Lanka. |
| 0:49.0 | This is flat, he has gone down and he's crunched it over the bowler's head up to the boundary for the four |
| 0:55.9 | runs that England needs take a one-nill lead in this series. It's been hard, hard work where |
| 1:02.2 | they've got there in the end. |
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| 1:10.4 | very watchfully to this hard-bought win. |
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