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Cook 10,000 after Chandimal’s century sets target
- Updated: May 30, 2016
Tea England 498 for 9 dec and 33 for 0 need 46 more runs to beat Sri Lanka 101 and 475 (Chandimal 126, Mathews 80, Herath 61, Silva 60, Anderson 5-58)Scorecard
Alastair Cook finally reached the 10,000-run landmark, the 12th man to do so in Test history, after Dinesh Chandimal’s sixth Test century, and first outside Asia, had continued Sri Lanka’s batting resurgence before they were bowled out for 475 to leave England a target of 79 to secure the series.
Cook reached the milestone, which has been within his grasp since the South Africa series in January, in quite apt, understated, fashion with a nudge off his pads which trickled into the midwicket boundary. He responded with a sheepish grin and a wave of the bat to the dressing room and crowd. By tea, Cook and Alex Hales had ticked the chase over to 33 without loss.
The other bat-waving for the day had belonged to the Sri Lankans and was a little more extroverted. Chandimal added 116 in 29 overs for the eighth wicket with Rangana Herath who contributed a lively 61 – the second fifty of his Test career – before James Anderson completed a hard-earned five-wicket haul to take him to 18 …
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