MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Sri Lanka was dismissed for 326 soon after lunch, collapsing following the departure of No. 7 batter Kamindu Mendis for 113 — the third century of his four-match test career. Dinesh Chandimal was the last batter out for 79, with the final four wickets tumbling in 26 balls.
Sri Lanka added 122 runs on the fourth day after resuming its second innings on 204-6.
“Our mistakes were made in the first innings and that cost us the match,” Sri Lanka captain Dhananjaya de Silva said. “Lots of good individual performances. There are positives here and there. But we were off-target too much and you have to be 100% here to win test matches.
“In English conditions and their very good bowling line-up, we have to tighten our game at the top of the order.”
The second test starts at Lord’s on Thursday.