By Charles Reynolds
Aug 21-25, Old Trafford, Manchester, 1st Test Match
Sri Lanka 236 (de Silva 74, Rathnayake 72, Woakes 3-32) & 326 (Mendis 113, Chandimal 79, Woakes 3-58, Potts 3-47) England 358 (Smith 111, Brook 56, Fernando 4-103) & 205-5 (Root 62*, Smith 39, Fernando 2-25, Jayasuriya 2-98)
England won by 5 wickets
Toss: Sri Lanka, who elected to bat Officials: Joel Wilson, Paul Reiffel, Chris Gaffaney, David Boon, Mike Burns
ENGLAND NEGOTIATED a tense chase on the afternoon of Day Four at Old Trafford to beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in the first Test of their thr…
