{"id":11347,"date":"2021-01-26T10:31:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T10:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=11347"},"modified":"2021-01-26T10:31:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T10:31:21","slug":"captain-joe-root-leads-england-to-win-test-series-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/captain-joe-root-leads-england-to-win-test-series-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain Joe Root Leads England To Win Test Series In Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JoeEngland like most test teams in the world have done very well playing in home conditions and have struggled when playing in places like India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka<\/em>. England broke the status-quo when they pulled off an amazing 2-0 test series win in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

England\u2019s tour of Sri Lanka consisted of just two test matches. It was a short but important tour for England as they were using the Sri Lankan series to prepare for a long and tough tour to India<\/a> which starts out with a four test match series.<\/p>\n

England\u2019s biggest challenge in Sri Lanka was to be able to stand up to their spinners. Most of the England batsman had an average series but the Poms did well because their captain had a magnificent series scoring over 400 runs during the first two tests<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Joe Root<\/a><\/strong> won the man of the match in the first test for making a brilliant double hundred<\/strong> (228) that helped England take a commanding position. He continued his rich vein of form in the second test and was on his way to make his second double hundred of the series but was run out on 186. However, his innings was good enough to help England secure their second successive victory and also earn him another man of the match award.<\/p>\n

Sky Sports Cricket<\/strong><\/p>\n

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