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England reached 46 for one in their chase of 164 and a 2-0 Test series clean sweep against Sri Lanka on Monday after spinners Jack Leach and Dom Bess combined to bundle out Sri Lanka for 126. See Full Scorecard<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Zak Crawley was the man out, caught at for 13, on a day-four wicket as left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya grabbed another victim after taking seven wickets in the first innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Opener Dom Sibley, on 14, and Jonny Bairstow, on 17, then steered the team to tea with an unbroken partnership of 29. They need another 118 for victory.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

It sets up an engrossing finish in the match behind closed doors in Galle, where England looked nervy before chasing down 74 runs in the first Test.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Leach and Bess took four wickets each to dispatch Sri Lanka in the afternoon session after the hosts started their second innings early in the day with a lead of 37.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Number 10 Embuldeniya top-scored with 40, after his seven wickets helped end England's first innings on 344.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

He was the only batsman to score higher than 20 as Sri Lanka collapsed from 29 for one in their second bat.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Embuldeniya put up some resistance with a ninth-wicket stand of 48 with Suranga Lakmal, who made 11 not out, before skipper Joe Root took the final two wickets with his off spin. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

Leach made his left-arm spin count as he got Kusal Perera trapped lbw for 14, and off-spinner Bess sent back Oshada Fernando for three in the first session.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

First-innings centurion Angelo Mathews was then bowled by Bess for five and Chandimal fell to Leach, with James Anderson taking a superb running catch.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Earlier Dilruwan Perera trapped overnight batsman Leach lbw for one on just the 11th ball of the day after England resumed on 339 for nine in Galle.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Leach took a single and number 11 Anderson hit a boundary off Embuldeniya, who returned career-best figures of 7-137 in just his ninth Test, to add five runs to the overnight score.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Root scored 186 -- after his double century in the first Test -- to steer England's first-innings response.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Riding on Root's 228, England won the opening Test of the resumed series, which started last March but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2021\/01\/SL-vs-ENG-England-On-Verge-Of-Winning-2nd-Test,-Need-110-Runs-To-Seal-The-Series.jpg", "alt_img": "SL vs ENG: England On Verge Of Winning 2nd Test, Need 100 Runs To Seal The Series", "alt_title": "SL vs ENG: England On Verge Of Winning 2nd Test, Need 100 Runs To Seal The Series", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "SL vs ENG: England On Verge Of Winning 2nd Test, Need 100 Runs To Seal The Series", "seo_desc": "England reached 46 for one in their chase of 164 and a 2-0 Test series clean sweep against Sri Lanka", "seo_keywords": "England Tour Of Sri Lanka", "tag": "", "tagging": "England Tour Of Sri Lanka,", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "sl-vs-eng-england-on-verge-of-winning-2nd-test-need-100-runs-to-seal-the-series", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "1808", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "1", "created": "2021-01-25 15:13:07", "updated": "2021-01-25 15:13:07", "img_from": "Pic Credit- Twitter", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": "England Tour of Sri Lanka, SL vs ENG", "livescore_text": "", "livescore_link": "", "btn_text": "", "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "1", "posted_by": "18", "jio_date": "2021-01-25 15:13:07", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2021-01-25 15:13:07", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/sl-vs-eng-england-on-verge-of-winning-2nd-test-need-100-runs-to-seal-the-series-70690" }