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Stubborn Silva inches Sri level series Lanka past England AFP | Kandy, to Moeen Ali leg before for 31. Stand-in skipper Suranga Taylor heroics in vain as the hosts ease past with Hasan’s five-for oshen Silva hit a stubborn Lakmal was unbeaten on 15 at R85 to guide Sri Lanka to a the end. 46-run first innings lead over The visitors were yet to AFP | Dhaka England in the second Test open their account after night- yesterday. watchman Jack Leach faced imbabwe’s Brendan Tay- The hosts, down 1-0 in the six balls from Dilruwan Per- lor fought valiantly with three-match series, were era in the final over of the day. his second century of the bowled out for 336 in reply Rory Burns was accompanying ZTest but Bangladesh won the 224 to England’s 290. England’s Leach at close of play. final match by 218 runs to end runs were scored by Rory Burns and tail-ender Jack “We had a chat upstairs -- the series at 1-1 yesterday. Zimbabwe before being Leach had to see out one nervy a little bit disappointed that Needing a mammoth 443 to bowled out half way over before the end of the sec- they’ve got a little bit of a lead,” win, Zimbabwe were bowled through the second ond day in Kandy. said Leach, who also took out for 224 in the second session session After Adil Rashid struck three in Sri Lanka’s on the fifth day in Dhaka with twice to England’s tourists’ innings. Taylor remaining unbeaten on hopes of securing a lead on the “We’re very much feeling 106. turning pitch, Silva built cru- good about the fact that we’re Taylor’s knock of patience team’s fighting spirit. cial partnerships including a last on that . and controlled aggression came “I think the boys were deter- 56-run ninth wicket stand with We feel if we can put pressure from 167 balls and featured ten mined enough and showed their as the hosts on tomorrow with our fours. He had hit 110 in Zimba- character. They stuck to their edged past England’s total. and get a good total, we feel bwe’s first essay of 304. task. (On the top order) We are Dananjaya frustrated Eng- that we can win the game,” Off-spinner working hard and you may not land’s spinners before falling he said. was the wrecker-in-chief on the see the results on the pitch yet,” final day as he returned bowl- he said. ing figures of 5-38 -- his fifth “With Mushy (Mushfiqur) five-wicket haul in Tests. and Mominul (Haque), we built Mehidy denied Zimbabwe up the partnership, and they any chance of repeating their gave us some good runs in the clinical performance of the first first innings. Taijul was brilliant Zimbabwe cricketer plays a shot during the fifth day of the match that they won by 151 runs with the ball,” second match between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in Sylhet. added. added two more with hitting past the 300 mark. made 161 in wickets to his five in the first an unbeaten 219 -- the first time But once Moor departed af- the first innings. innings and finished the se - a wicketkeeper hit two double ter a 79-ball vigil for a paltry 13 Resuming the fifth and final ries with a career-best haul of tons in Test cricket. runs, smartly caught at short leg day at 76 for 2, Zimbabwe lost 18 scalps in two matches. He The visitors’ hopes of secur- by Imrul off Mehidy, the Zimba- another key man Sean Wil- was named the player of the ing a draw rested on the pairing bwe batting fell flat. liams for 13 after pace bowler series. of Taylor and , whose Mahmudullah Riyad, who provided The home side declared the 139-run sixth wicket stand in stood in for regular Bangladesh with the day’s first Ben Stokes takes a sharp catch to dismiss Sri Lanka’s as Ben first innings on 522 for seven the first innings took the visitors , hailed his breakthrough. Foakes looks on