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England defeats Lanka by eight wickets in Colombo Test to safeguard its top ranking | England will remain as World's number one Test team, as
it beat Sri Lanka in the second Test match in Colombo by eight wickets. England
dismissed Sri Lanka on 278 in the second innings, with spinner Graeme Swann starring
once again, snapping six wickets for 106 runs. While chasing a modest total of
94, England had few early wobbles, as they lost captain Andrew Strauss and Jonathon
Trott cheaply. Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen batted sensibly to ensure there
was no further twist in the tale for the visitors, as they clinched the match
within 20 overs to square off the Test series at 1-1. Pietersen was named man
of the match for his knock of 151 whereas Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene
was named as the Man of the Series, after scoring 354 runs at 88.50. During the
presentation ceremony, England skipper Strauss said: "Yeah, absolutely, it was
amazing to have that support away from home." "In the end it seemed like a comfortable
victory but we had to work hard. Jimmy Anderson was superb on an unresponsive
wicket, Graeme Swann was outstanding and Kevin Pietersen took the game away from
them. At the top of the order it was all very stodgy, then Kevin came in and showed
us how to play," he said. Sri Lankan captain Jayawardene said at the end of the
Test match: "We knew it was going to be tough coming into the second match and
we think we made quite a few mistakes. Against a team of this quality and with
their fans, it was going to be tough." "This has been the largest following for
an English touring side, so it's been good, I've enjoyed it. We needed to pick
up three or four wickets up front but Alastair played very well and KP finished
it off. It's disappointing. But thank you, from Sri Lanka , and we'll see you
again," he added.
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