ENG vs SL | Twitter reacts to Asitha’s fumbling grab culminating in roaring sigh of relief for Lahiru Kumara’s toil
The beauty of Test cricket lies in its virtues and quite often the players need to undergo a test of patience. While Chris Woakes tried his best to withstand the barrage of bouncers from Lahiru Kumara, the latter’s hard work ultimately paid off, courtesy of a juggling catch from Asitha Fernando.
Lahiru continued with his spell post Tea but with an improved strategy to derattle the opposition. With Prabath Jayasuriya’s left-arm orthodox spin from one end, the right-arm pacer continued dishing a barrage of short ball to Woakes and Root for an extended period. Although the speedster didn’t get an immediate outcome of his hard work, his hard toil bore the result on the last ball of the 59th over when Woakes intended to hook the short ball towards deep square leg.
The red rock skewed off the top-edge as the all-rounder came into a bad position to execute the shot, eventually soaring high towards Asitha Fernando, who was sprinting square from deep backward square leg. The fielder fumbled to grab the ball on the first attempt but managed to hold onto it as it popped off initially. Eventually, the Sri Lankan bowler was caught in a mixed emotion of a sigh of relief followed by an exhale of frustration caving into an adrenaline-driven celebration. The Twitterverse witnessed the riveting battle of bat and ball, breaking into a frenzy.
What a catch!
— Gill Bill (@bill_gill76078) August 29, 2024
That was all trap set for him!
Chris Woakes cannot handle proper short balls, he should always be attacked with a short ball ploy.
— Vipul Ghatol 🇮🇳 (@Vipul_Espeaks) August 29, 2024
That wa bad shot to play!
Chris Woakes for the rescue yet again that too at his favourite Lords 🔥#ENGvSL
— Dinesh here 🙋♂️🇿🇦 (@dinesh_offl_06) August 29, 2024
He should not have played that!
As everyone awaits Joe Root’s 100, Sri Lanka chips away with another wicket - of Chris Woakes !!
— Cricketism (@MidnightMusinng) August 29, 2024
Asitha Fernando managed to cling on to it !! 😄#IPL2025 #ShaheenAfridi #ENGvSL #JoeRoot #OlliePope #BCCI #SachinTendulkar #LakshyaSen pic.twitter.com/xmiVyForvU
Hahaha! LOL xD xD
Quite confusion for wicketkeeper, which ball to catch. 😉#EngvsSL #EngvSL pic.twitter.com/DfPOds1dGy
— iʈs__dɦɑɤɱesɦ (@its__dharmesh) August 29, 2024
Joe Root is a complete class!
“JOE ROOT”, test hundreds against each test playing nation:
— Make India Proud 🇮🇳 (@ankushmahajann) August 29, 2024
India - 10
West Indies - 6
Sri-Lanka- 5
New Zealand - 5
Australia - 4
South Africa - 2
Pakistan - 1
Bangladesh- 0
Ireland - 0
Where he will end up? Just 1 hundred behind legendary Sunil Gavaskar😱👏. #joeroot #ENGvsSL
No. 33 for him!
CENTURY #Joeroot #ENGvsSLpic.twitter.com/pzDcKK8zSe
— karty (@its_karty) August 29, 2024
Great one for him!
CENTURY #Joeroot #ENGvsSLpic.twitter.com/pzDcKK8zSe
— karty (@its_karty) August 29, 2024
Yupe!!!
A record 33rd Test century for Joe Root 🙌 #ENGvSL #ENGvsSL #TestCricket #JoeRoot
— Akash Rajput 𝕏 (@imARajput66) August 29, 2024
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