ENG vs SL 3rd Test Approaching Milestones: England cricket team have dominated the ongoing three-match Test series against the Sri Lanka cricket team without Ben Stokes. Ollie Pope has been assisted well by Joe Root and other stars who have risen up to the occasion and didn't give Sri Lankans an inch. Now, these two teams will face off against each other in the third and final test at Kennington Oval in London, starting on September 6.
England have a great opportunity to register consecutive home test series whitewash here. They are a better equipped team and will be favorites to win the third game as well. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka have to put up something incredible to finish the series with a win. Both teams have already announced their playing XI with some changes. Irrespective of the results, fans will see a great battle, and there are some amazing records which are on the line ahead of the third ENG vs SL Test, about which we will talk here.
England vs Sri Lanka 3rd Test: Approaching Test Records and Test Cricket Milestones Ahead of the Second Test at Kennington Oval
10 – Former captain and opener Dimuth Karunratne scored a fighting 55 in the second inning. He is currently 10 runs short of reaching 7000 Test runs and will become the fourth Sri Lankan batter to do so.
175 – Kusal Mendis was dropped in the second game, but he is part of the playing XI for the final ENG vs SL test. He has scored 9825 runs in his career so far and needs another 175 runs to complete 10,000 international runs and will be the 10th batter from his country to do so.
208 – England's Joe Root slammed two centuries in the second test at Lord's. The way he is going, he can score two more in the final test. So, if he can do it and make 208 runs, he will complete 20000 runs in international cricket and will become 13th overall and the first English batter to do so.
1 – Joe Root currently has the sixth joint-most Test centuries in history (34). If he can score one hundred in the coming game, he will surpass Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara, Mahela Jayawardene, and Younis Khan and will score the fifth-most Test centuries (35).
24 – Root is probably the best modern-day test batter. He has seventh most test runs so far. If he can score 24 runs, he will go past Kumar Sangakkara (12400) and will become the 6th highest scorer in a Test ever.
95 – Root is currently England's second-highest scorer in Tests. He needs 96 runs to overcome Alastair Cook's tally of 12472 runs to become the leading scorer for England in the Test.
