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England were beat by Sri Lanka in the 3rd Test match© AFP
Former England cricket group skipper Michael Vaughan was exceptionally crucial of the Ollie Pope-led side after their sensational loss versus Sri Lanka in the 3rd Test match on Monday. England were totally beat by an in-form Sri Lanka side that won their very first Test match on English soil in more than 10 years. Vaughan went on to state that England disrespected Test cricket and Sri Lanka with how they chose to approach the match. He even more stated that England did not go with their normal Bazball design of play after winning the very first 2 Tests of the series and Sri Lanka benefited from the lapse.
“I felt that they disrespected Test cricket and disrespected Sri Lanka in the 3rd Test by being over-aggressive with both bat and in their field placements,” Vaughan composed in his column for The Telegraph.
“England have actually made a little bit of a practice of ending up being a bit contented after an excellent duration, I consider the start of the Ashes, or previously this year in Rajkot and I hope it acts as a wake-up call for the harder Tests that wait in 2025,” he included.
Vaughan likewise included that this is not the sort of cricket that will assist England win matches versus hard oppositions like Australia and India.
“There is no chance they will get away with playing like this versus India or Australia,” Vaughan stated.
Pathum Nissanka’s exceptional unbeaten century directed Sri Lanka to an eventually commanding eight-wicket win at The Oval on Monday as they ended a decade-long wait on a Test-match triumph in England.
Sri Lanka, set a target of 219, and reached that overall for the loss of 2 wickets before lunch on the 4th day, with Nissanka 127 not out and Angelo Mathews 32 not out in an unbroken stand of 111.
Success provided Sri Lanka simply a 4th Test win in England and initially because a 100-run success at Headingley back in 2014.
England, nevertheless, took this three-match series 2-1 after wins at Old Trafford (5 wickets) and Lord’s (190 runs).
Defeat implied England, who suppressed the West Indies 3-0 earlier in the season, stopped working to attain a very first home project tidy sweep given that 2004, when Michael Vaughan supervise 7 succeeding wins.
(With AFP inputs)
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