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Farewell in Galle: Rangana Herath – 93 matches, 433 wickets, Ave. 28.07[/caption]
England set Sri Lanka an improbable target of 462 runs in just over two days in the first Test between the two countries in Galle on Thursday, 8 November.
The hosts were 15 without loss in seven overs in their second-innings at stumps on day three.
England scored 322 for six declared in their second-innings with Keaton Jennings making an unbeaten 146 top-scoring for the tourists.
Ben Stokes struck a fiery 62 with three sixes.
Rangana ends career with 433 wickets and as all-time eighth-best bowler –
Sri Lanka’s legendary spinner and one of the leading bowlers in all-time Test history, Rangana Herath took two more wickets in the England second-innings on Thursday --that of skipper Joe Root and Jos Buttler-- to share the eighth-place of the leading bowlers’ list in Tests.
He shares the eighth-place with England’s Chris Broad, with 433 scalps.
The current 6th to 10th positions of the highest wicket-takers list in Test cricket:
6th – Courtney Walsh – 519 wickets – 132 matches – Ave. 24.44
7th – Kapil Dev – 434 wickets – 131 matches – Ave. 29.64
8th= – Chris Broad – 433 wickets – 123 matches – Ave. 28.92
8th= – Rangana Herath – 433 wickets – 93 matches – Ave. 28.07
9th – Richard Hadlee – 431 – 86 matches – Ave. 22.29
10th – Dale Steyn – 421 wickets – 88 matches – Ave. 22.64
Farewell in Galle: Rangana Herath – 93 matches, 433 wickets, Ave. 28.07[/caption]
England set Sri Lanka an improbable target of 462 runs in just over two days in the first Test between the two countries in Galle on Thursday, 8 November.
The hosts were 15 without loss in seven overs in their second-innings at stumps on day three.
England scored 322 for six declared in their second-innings with Keaton Jennings making an unbeaten 146 top-scoring for the tourists.
Ben Stokes struck a fiery 62 with three sixes.
Rangana ends career with 433 wickets and as all-time eighth-best bowler –
Sri Lanka’s legendary spinner and one of the leading bowlers in all-time Test history, Rangana Herath took two more wickets in the England second-innings on Thursday --that of skipper Joe Root and Jos Buttler-- to share the eighth-place of the leading bowlers’ list in Tests.
He shares the eighth-place with England’s Chris Broad, with 433 scalps.
The current 6th to 10th positions of the highest wicket-takers list in Test cricket:
6th – Courtney Walsh – 519 wickets – 132 matches – Ave. 24.44
7th – Kapil Dev – 434 wickets – 131 matches – Ave. 29.64
8th= – Chris Broad – 433 wickets – 123 matches – Ave. 28.92
8th= – Rangana Herath – 433 wickets – 93 matches – Ave. 28.07
9th – Richard Hadlee – 431 – 86 matches – Ave. 22.29
10th – Dale Steyn – 421 wickets – 88 matches – Ave. 22.64