The opening day of the first Test between England and Sri Lanka witnessed the visitors posting 236 runs in the first innings after opting to bat first. It was a brilliant recovery given that they were reeling at 113/7 and debutant Milan Rathnayake played a massive role with the bat.
Chris Woakes led the charge for England with the ball in hand on day one of the Old Trafford Test in Manchester against Sri Lanka. Woakes emerged as the pick of all the English bowlers with figures of 3/32.
The three-match Test series between England and Sri Lanka got underway today at the Old Trafford in Manchester. England are missing their skipper Ben Stokes who has been ruled out of the entire series with Ollie Pope taking over. But why are teams wearing black armbands?
With two Test matches - Pakistan vs Bangladesh and England vs Sri Lanka - starting today (August 21), ICC has released the latest rankings in the format. Joe Root is sitting on top in the batting rankings but Babar Azam is likely to challenge him in the coming days.
England will be playing without their charismatic captain Ben Stokes who has been sidelined with a hamstring tear. Despite the injury, the star allrounder is spending time with the team and giving inputs when required.
England legend Graham Thorpe took his own life on August 4 after his long-standing battle with "major anxiety and depression" as revealed by his widow Amanda. After playing 100 Tests for England, Thorpe also coached the senior men's team.
Sri Lanka have named their playing XI for the first Test against England starting Wednesday, August 21. It is a weakened pace attack with most of the seniors nursing their respective injuries and hence Milan Rathnayake will be making his debut. Sri Lanka would hope for a few crucial WTC points.
England are placed seventh on the World Test Championship points table. The Three Lions have won six and lost as many games out of the 13 that they have played in the ongoing WTC 2023-25 cycle.
England are placed seventh on the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) points table with six wins and as many losses in 13 games. On the other hand, Sri Lanka are fourth with two wins and as many losses in four games.
England skipper Ben Stokes had to be carried off the field as a hamstring injury was confirmed as he was seen on crutches following the Hundred match between the Northern Superchargers and the Manchester Originals. Stokes is set to go for scans with just 10 days left for Sri Lanka Test series.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has reassured Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) that there are stringent security measures in place for the three-match Test series which is a part of the World Test Championship (WTC).
England will take on Sri Lanka in a three-match Test series starting on Wednesday, August 21 in Manchester. England won their previous Test assignment West Indies 3-0 and just have to keep winning every red-ball match they play in the current cycle to have a chance of making it to the WTC final.
England's World Cup campaign is in disarray at the moment and they are more or less out of the semifinal race. Though they are mathematically still in contention, they will have to depend on quite a few results go their way. England head coach Matthew Mott has opened up on team's performance now.
England, led by Jos Buttler are immensely struggling to cope up with the conditions in India in the ongoing World Cup. They have managed to win just one game so far, against Bangladesh, and have lost three. In the must-win against Sri Lanka, they have collapsed yet again.
England find themselves on the cusp of getting eliminated from the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 after three losses in four matches. With South Africa and Australia winning back-to-back games, with such big margins, the fight for the semis has heated up and England will aim for the last push.
The Super 12 Group 1 match of the T20 World Cup was played between England and Sri Lanka in which England won by 26 runs, storming to the semi-finals.
The third and final ODI was abandoned in the afternoon with no result before England could reply to Sri Lanka's uncompetitive 166 all out in 41.1 overs.
Curran was promoted to new-ball duties on his home ground and rose to the occasion with figures of 5-48.
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Woakes claimed 4-18 from his 10 overs, restricting the weakened tourists to a less-than-competitive 185 all out in 42.3 overs after England won the toss and chose to field.
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