England Take The Series 1-0 Against Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka stand-in skipper Sangakkara saved his country from losing the test series 2-0 today after putting up a great fight taking the tourists to 334-5, Sangakkara was standing in for the injured Tillarkaratne Dilshan and made his first Test hundred on English soil.

England won the series with a 1-0 after rain took out the afternoon session, Andrew Strauss England team had tried to get the Sri Lankan’s out before the rain was schedule to fall, but Sangakkara stood up tall and England found it hard to take out the Sri Lankan’s.

Thilan Samaraweera weighed in with unbeaten 87 as Sri Lanka reached tea with a substantial lead of 141, but once the rained started to fall down, both captains shook hands on a draw on the third and final test.

Any hopes of a thrilling final session were dashed by the heavy rain meaning no further play was possible after the interval.

Tillakaratne Dilshan Misses Final Test

Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan has been ruled out of third and final test at Rose Bowl with broken thumb, the Sri Lankan’s batting order will be affected with the news that Dilshan will miss out.

It was initially thought that Dilshan had just a badly-bruised thumb after being hit twice by Chris Tremlett in the second Test at Lord, it was revealed he suffered a hair line fracture.

Sri Lanka team manager Anura Tennekoon has confirmed the injury which means he will miss the final Test at the Rose Bowl with Kumar Sangakkara will captain the side in his absence with Sri Lanka needing a win to tie the series.

Tennekoon said: "He definitely won't be playing.

"The main reason we've kept him out of this Test match is that, had he played and got another blow while fielding on that thumb, he might have been out for the rest of the tour.

"So as a precautionary measure, we have kept him out."