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    "excerpt": "Nov.17 (CRICKETNMORE) - Angelo Mathews scored a defiant 88 to keep Sri Lanka’s hope of winning the second Test match against England afloat. Needing 301 runs to win, Sri Lanka were 226 for 7 at the end of the fourth",
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    "editor1": "<p><em>Nov.17 (CRICKETNMORE) - Angelo Mathews scored a defiant 88 to keep Sri Lanka&rsquo;s hope of winning the second Test match against England afloat. Needing 301 runs to win, Sri Lanka were 226 for 7 at the end of the fourth day&rsquo;s play. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-livescore\/scorecard\/13071964649\/Sri-Lanka-vs-England-1\">SCORECARD<\/a><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Jack Leach took a four-wicket haul to leave England three wickets away from victory heading into the final day of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Kandy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Brief Scores<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>England 285 (Jos Buttler 63, Sam Curran 64; Dilruwan Perera 4-61, Malinda Pushpakumara 3-89) and 324-9 (Joe Root 124, Rory Burns 59, Ben Foakes 65*; Akila Dananjaya 6-115)<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sri Lanka&nbsp; 336 (Dimuth Karunaratne 63, Dhananjaya de Silva 59, Roshen Silva 85; Jack Leach 3-70, Adil Rashid 3-75) and 226-7 (Dimuth Karunaratne 57, Angelo Mathews 88; Jack Leach 4-73)<\/p>\r\n",
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