ENG v SL: Sri Lanka all out for 236 runs, bowler breaks India’s 41-year-old record in Test debut – Hindustan News Hub – hindustannewshub.com

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ENG vs SL, 1st Test Day 1: The first test match between hosts England and Sri Lanka started in Manchester on 21 August. Thanks to the half-century of captain Dhananjay de Silva and the half-century of bowler Milan Ratnayake, who created history in his debut test, Sri Lanka managed to score 236 runs in the first innings. Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first but the top order faltered badly. After this, captain Dhananjay de Silva and Milan Ratnayake, who was playing his first test match, took charge of the innings. There was a brilliant partnership of 63 runs between the two for the 8th wicket. During this, Milan Ratnayake created history by scoring a half-century in his test debut.

41 year old record broken

After the dismissal of captain Dhananjay de Silva (74) on a score of 176 before tea, Milan Ratnayake batted brilliantly and hit his half-century with a six to take the team’s score past 200. With this, this 28-year-old bowler broke a 41-year-old record. In fact, Milan Ratnayake returned to the pavilion after scoring 72 runs. In this way, he became the batsman to score the highest score while batting at number 9 in a Test debut. He broke a 41-year-old record of an Indian cricketer which was in the name of Balwinder Singh Sandhu. Sandhu played an innings of 71 runs while batting at number 9 in his debut Test against Pakistan in 1983.

Batsmen who scored the highest score while batting at number 9 in Test debut

• 72 – Milan Ratnayake (Sri Lanka) v England, Manchester, 2024
• 71 – Balwinder Singh Sandhu (India) v Pakistan, Hyderabad (Sindh), 1983
• 59 – Monde Zondeki (South Africa) v England, Leeds, 2003
• 56* – Wilf Ferguson (WI) v England, Bridgetown, 1948

first day situation

Talking about the first day of the Manchester Test, after restricting Sri Lanka to 236 runs, host England had put 22 runs on the scoreboard in 4 overs by the end of the day’s play. Ben Duckett returned unbeaten after scoring 13 runs and Dan Lawrence returned unbeaten after scoring 9 runs. The first day’s play was ended early due to poor light.

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