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MATCH DRAWN

ENGLAND v SRI LANKA: Third Test fizzles out after weather restricts visitors to 78-1

Jimmy Anderson strikes to trap Kaushal Silva leg before but Alastair Cook's men unable to make further inroads

England v Sri Lanka Day Five Lord's Cricket Ground,
ENGLAND were denied a series whitewash of Sri Lanka when the Third Test was abandoned as a rain-hit draw.
Just 12.2 overs were possible on the final day at Lord’s in two periods of play.
ngland's James Anderson (4th R) celebrates
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Well done, Jimmy...Anderson has trapped Sri Lankan opener Kaushal Silva lbwCredit: Getty Images
And the game was eventually called off just after 5pm with the tourists 78-1 in their second innings, having been set an unlikely 362 to win.
It means England claim the three-match series 2-0 after wins at Headingley and Chester-le-Street.
But captain Alastair Cook will be frustrated his side did not get the chance to try and claim the 10 wickets required to complete a cleansweep.
The only wicket they were able to get in the limited action was when James Anderson had Kaushal Silva trapped lbw for 16 in the fourth over of the day.
ri Lanka's Kaushal Silva is trapped lbw
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OUT...Silva offers no shot to an Anderson inswinger and pays the priceCredit: Getty Images

Opener Dimuth Karunaratne, though, remained unbeaten on 37, while No 3 Kusal Mendis finished with 17 - hitting the last ball of the series for six off Joe Root.

England now play five one-day internationals against Sri Lanka and one Twenty20 match.
Jonny Bairstow is back in the ODI squad having shone with the bat in the Test series, but Stuart Broad misses out.
Pace bowler Tymal Mills is included in the Twenty20 squad for the first time, alongside Middlesex batsman Dawid Malan.
England ODI squad: Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) (capt), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), James Vince (Hampshire), David Willey (Yorkshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)
 England T20 squad: Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) (capt), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Sam Billings (Kent),  Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Liam Dawson (Hampshire), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Dawid Malan (Middlesex), Tymal Mills (Sussex), Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), James Vince (Hampshire), David Willey (Yorkshire).
Rain clouds fill the sky
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The lights are on and clouds fill the skies over a distinctly cold and gloomy Lord'sCredit: Getty Images

 

 

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