The third match of the three-Test series being played between England and Sri Lanka at the Oval ground has reached a very exciting turn. The Sri Lankan team's bowlers showed a brilliant performance on the third day of the game and bundled out the host England team's second innings for just 156 runs. This gave them a target of 219 runs to win the fourth innings of the match, in which at the end of the third day's play, they had scored 94 runs at the loss of one wicket. Now they have to score only 125 more runs to win this match on the fourth day. At the same time, the England team will be eyeing to take 9 wickets. All the matches of this Test series are very important for the England team to remain in the race for the final of the World Test Championship, out of which they have already won the first 2 matches.

Nisanka and Mendis showed a positive game

When the Sri Lankan team came out on the third day of the Oval Test match to chase the target of 219 runs, their start was not good in which the team lost its first wicket at a score of 39 in the form of experienced player Dimuth Karunaratne who became the victim of Chris Woakes after scoring 8 runs in 21 balls. From here Pathum Nissanka got the support of Kusal Mendis and both of them continued to score runs continuously showing positive play so that the England bowlers could not put much pressure on them on the third day. So far, there has been a partnership of 55 runs in 48 balls for the second wicket between Mendis and Nissanka. At the end of the third day's play, Nissanka was unbeaten after scoring 53 runs in 44 balls, while Mendis had scored 30 runs in 25 balls.

Lahiru Kumara and Vishwa Fernando together took 7 wickets

When the third day's play started, the Sri Lankan team was all out after scoring 263 runs in their first innings, which gave England a lead of 62 runs based on the first innings. After this, in the second innings of the England team, the bowling of 2 Sri Lankan fast bowlers Lahiru Kumara and Vishwa Fernando was amazing, in which only Jamie Smith from England was able to score 67 runs, while 7 batsmen of the team could not even cross the double digit mark. While Lahiru Kumara took 4 wickets for 21 runs in 7 overs, Vishwa Fernando also took 3 wickets for 40 runs in 8 overs. Apart from this, Asitha Fernando took 2 wickets while Milan Ratnayake took one wicket.