‌ENG v SL | Twitter reacts to chirpy Lahiru leaves Lawrence agonising by rubbing salt in wound 

Arijit Kundu
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A game of five days might sound boring, but not when two riveting opponents lock horns against one another. The excitement of the contest peaked in the second session of the third day at the Oval when Lahiru Kumara won the battle against Dan Lawrence, adding to his batting misery in the series.  

Failing to continue their brilliance with the bat on the third day, Sri Lanka were folded for 263 forty-five minutes before Lunch. Arriving to bat in the third innings, the Three Lions lost a couple of wickets in the first session before the gloomy conditions of the sky assisted the bowlers in making further inroads in the English camp. While Lawrence was the only batter who looked confident in shot execution, Lahiru had his fair share of numbers against the off-form batter.

Following his success against Ollie Pope in the eighth over, Dhananjaya de Silva continued with Lahiru post-lunch. The pacer tasted his second success after Lawrence shimmied down on a good length delivery outside the stumps and nicked the outside edge to the keeper while trying to jab through the line. Soon after, the bowler was carried away by adrenaline and exchanged a few words with the batter as he strolled off the field. He came in as a replacement for injured Zak Crawley but the scores of 30,34, 7, 9, 5, and 35 didn’t quite meet the team’s expectations. Eventually, the batter was seen disgusted as and hurled the bat while moving up the dressing room staircase.



Send off!

Big slog

Celebrating

Pre-lunch scenes

Ends ugly

Last ever knock

The comparison

Hope

Ugly dismissal

Lol



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