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Mathews ton helps set 350-run lead in 2nd Test

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Angelo Mathews

Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews scored his highest test innings of 160 before the visitors were dismissed for 457 after tea on the fourth day, setting England a victory target of 350 in the second test at Headingley on Monday.

That left England needing to set a new national record if they were to emerge victorious, with their highest fourth-innings total to win a test the 332 they managed against Australia in 1928/29.

Liam Plunkett finished with 4-112, and James Anderson bagged 3-91.

Mathews scored his second hundred in as many tests as the tourists got on top of England.

(Ada Derana)

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