SL vs ENG: Sibley And Buttler Steer England To Sri Lanka Test Sweep, Captain Root Declared As 'Man Of The Series'

Dom Sibley and Jos Buttler anchored a run chase after a jittery start as England beat Sri Lanka by six wickets Monday in the second Test to sweep the series 2-0. Sibley and Buttler put on an unbeaten

Number 10 Embuldeniya top-scored with 40, after taking seven wickets with his left-arm spin to end England's first innings on 344.

He was the only batsman to score more than 20 as Sri Lanka collapsed from 29 for one in their second innings.

Embuldeniya 'good asset' -
Embuldeniya put up some resistance with a ninth-wicket stand of 48 with Suranga Lakmal, who made 11 not out, before Root took the final two wickets with his off-spin. 

"He was outstanding throughout the series, doing all the hard work," stand-in-skipper Dinesh Chandimal said of his 24-year-old spinner.

"He always comes and asks how to improve, so I'm sure he'll be a good asset going forward."

Leach's left-arm spin got Kusal Perera trapped lbw for 14, and off-spinner Bess sent back Oshada Fernando for three in the first session.

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.

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.

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.

Anderson played a key part after his best bowling figures of 6-40 in Asia. The 38-year-old quick has 606 Test wickets in 157 matches.

Riding on Root's double ton, England won the opening Test of the resumed series, which started last March but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

England now head to India for a four-Test series starting February 5 in Chennai. The first two Tests will be played to empty stadiums.

"With four more Test matches on this tour it's really important we don't stand still, keep looking to improve," Root said.