Cricket: England make winning start to tour
England made a winning start to their tour of Sri Lanka by defeating the Board XI by an innings and 15 runs.
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 18th, 2012.
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 18th, 2012.