FILE PHOTO: Cricket - International Twenty20 - South Africa v England - Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa - November 27, 2020 England's Jonny Bairstow celebrates after winning the match REUTERS/Mike Hutchings
GALLE, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - England secured a seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first test on Monday but there will be only muted celebrations at the tourists' hotel as life in a bio-secure bubble continues to take a heavy toll, said Jonny Bairstow.
Bairstow hit the winning runs at the Galle International Stadium as England claimed the first of the two-match series, but players have little option but to celebrate back at their accommodation near the ground, where they are hunkered down because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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