Cricket: England make winning start to tour

COLOMBO: England made a winning start to their tour of Sri Lanka by defeating the Board XI by an innings and 15 runs on the final day of the three-day match in Colombo yesterday. The tourists, who declared their first-innings at the overnight total of 303 for eight to claim a lead of 134 runs, bowled out the home team for just 119 in their second knock. Fast-bowler James Anderson was a satisfied man after he claimed a four-wicket haul in the first-innings and followed it up with three scalps in the second. “I thought it was a pretty good three days for us with both bat and ball,” said Anderson. “There were two brilliant bowling performances in both innings.”

Published in The Express Tribune, March 18^th, 2012.