England vs Sri lanka second test England is leading 1-0 , Both sides fought very hard in the first game but England won the match under the captain ship of Ollie Pope and now they are leading 1-0 Sri Lanka will try to focus on the second game at the home of cricket Lord’s at Manchester both teams were not able to play for the whole day due to the cloudy weather and bad light due to that Sri Lanka face some issue at the end of the first day they cannot bowl more overs with the pacers and the only option was of spin.
The England bowlers did a great job in the 1st innings they stopped Sri Lanka with just 236 runs Milan Rathnayake performed very nicely on the debut and scored good runs and also took some wickets a really good start for him and for the team as well and the England side scored runs and gave led of 122 runs and Jamie Smith scored a hundred and brought the team in a better position to fight in the second innings.
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England vs Sri lanka Second test at lord’s
Lord’s has the best conditions a well-rounded platform catering for both batters and bowlers, ensuring an exciting contest. The pitch at Lord’s Cricket Ground typically offers an outstanding batting surface so whoever wins the toss will look to bat first and make a good total supported by the fast outfield that amplifies their advantage.
The highest total at this ground is 729 so winning the toss and choosing to bat first is a good decision the pitch is not too bouncy like Manchester but then also the batting side needs to be careful let’s see what is going to happen.
England vs Sri lanka : England
England is in a good situation at the moment under the captainship of Ollie Pope he was not able to score runs in both innings may maybe because of the captainship otherwise he has good stats in test cricket but now they are moving to the home of cricket Lord’s for Sri Lanka it is going to get tough because England is playing at their home ground and have not lost more test matches here.
Sri Lanka will be looking to win but if they don’t have a better position on the first day then they will be looking for a draw Mark Wood is also suffering from the injury which is also a big blow for the England side if he is not there then the bowling attack will get weak so it could help the opposition and can make a big impact.
England vs Sri lanka : Sri Lanka
The players gave their best but due to some errors and weather conditions the team lost the match and they took 5 wickets but due to the low score the bowling side was not able to stop England batters and they kept on rotating the strike and won the game.
In the second innings, the pacers of England were at another level Mark Wood Gas Atkinson, and Chris Wokes all were bowling on the perfect line and length on day 3 and the pitch also favored them not the Sri Lanka batters, and due to that Dinesh Chandimal got injured on the thumb but then also he kept playing for the team and scored 79 runs and Kamindu Mendis supported him and he also scored a hundred at this big stage when team was in bad situation.
The Important thing is that Dinesh Chandimal is injured will he is going to play the second test or will Sri Lanka have to make changes to the squad nothing is decided yet but Sri Lanka will try to win the second match to get 1-1.
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