Chris Woakes was pressured to bowl spin in opposition to Sri Lanka© X (Twitter)
In a weird incident that occurred in the course of the Day 2 of the third Check between England and Sri Lanka in London, pacer Chris Woakes was noticed bowling spin. Woakes, who stays one among England’s best pacers, had no choice however to show right into a spin bowler due to dangerous gentle on the stadium. All of it occurred after the run out of Sri Lanka batter Dimuth Karunaratne. With darkish clouds looming, the umpires had been pressured to verify the sunshine ranges, earlier than informing England skipper Ben Stokes that the sunshine was too low for tempo bowling.
Woakes, who had already delivered 4 balls within the over, resorted to bowling spin to finish his quota of 6 balls. Seeing Woakes roll his arm, England batter Joe Root, who can also be a wonderful part-time spinner, could not cease laughing. Here is the video:
STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING!
Unhealthy gentle means Chris Woakes is bowling spin pic.twitter.com/TPYSnwXiEN
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) September 7, 2024
Fellow England pacer Gus Atkinson, who was partnering Woakes within the tempo assault, nevertheless, did not should bowl spin because the umpires came upon that the sunshine ranges had improved in the course of the change of over.
As for the match, Sri Lanka captain Dhananjaya de Silva and the in-form Kamindu Mendis annoyed England with a unbroken century partnership on the second day of the third Check on the Oval.
The vacationers collapsed to 93-5 earlier than tea, however had recovered to 211-5 when dangerous gentle pressured an early shut. That left Sri Lanka 114 runs adrift of an England first-innings whole of 325 constructed on Ollie Pope’s 154 — his first century as England captain.
De Silva was 64 not out and left-handed batsman Kamindu Mendis, once more down the order at quantity seven, 54 not out in an undefeated stand of 118 as Sri Lanka regarded to salvage some pleasure at 2-0 behind in a three-match collection.
With AFP Inputs
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