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    "excerpt": "Kusal Perera hit a half-century as Sri Lanka's openers resisted England's pace and spin attack Saturday after Joe Root's double century took the tourists to a mammoth 421. Perera (55) and ",
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    "editor1": "<p>Kusal Perera hit a half-century as Sri Lanka&#39;s openers resisted England&#39;s pace and spin attack Saturday after Joe Root&#39;s double century took the tourists to a mammoth 421.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Perera (55) and Lahiru Thirimanne (34) took Sri Lanka to 90-0 in their second innings at tea on the third day of the first Test in Galle, as the home side sought 287 to make England bat again. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-livescore\/scorecard\/13071972388\/england-tour-of-sri-lanka-3\">England vs Sri Lanka Scorecard<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Perera took a heavy blow on his right hand from a Mark Wood bouncer just before the break and looked to be struggling when he went off.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Lankan openers survive the England attack and make it to tea with 90 for no loss. KJP leads the charge with 55 not out ably supported by a watchful Thirimanne on 34 off 108 balls. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SLvsENG2021?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SLvsENG2021<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SLvENG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SLvENG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RqXW7xDadq\">pic.twitter.com\/RqXW7xDadq<\/a><\/p>\r\n&mdash; Sri Lanka Cricket<\/blockquote>\r\n",
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