Sri Lanka tour of England, 2024

Before yesterday's famous win, Sri Lanka last won at The Oval in 1998 - a game their current interim coach starred in with the bat

The England captain spoke of his team's frustration at not being able to win the third Test

Nissanka's unbeaten ton was just the fifth by a Sri Lankan in a successful 4th innings run chase in Tests

The opener was involved in a century stand on the fourth morning alongside Angelo Mathews

England were bowled out in just 34 overs in their second innings

The pace duo snapped three apiece to leave England at 82/7 before Smith produced a crisis knock

The visitors only managed to add 52 more runs to their overnight score

England were forced to operate with spin in the final session, allowing Sri Lanka to recover from 93/5 to go to stumps at 211/5

After the Lankan bowlers' excellent efforts in the first session, Dhananjaya and Kamindu put on an unbeaten 118-run stand

Sri Lanka scored 142 runs but also lost five wickets