England National Cricket Team vs Sri Lanka National Cricket Team LIVE:
Hello and welcome to our coverage of Day 1 of the 2nd Test between England and Sri Lanka taking place at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in London.
With one game in the bag, England will look to continue their dominance at home and hope to get a massive win to claim the series. Sri Lanka on the other hand will bank on the fact that their changes will prove to be the right combination to get their batting in check.
The English fast-bowler Olly Stone is set to make his return after years. He comes in place of Mark Wood into the side as their only change for this match. For Sri Lanka, they have made two changes. The likes of Kusal Mendis and Vishwa Fernando make way for Pathum Nissanka and Lahiru Kumara.
Nissanka has been Sri Lanka’s best batter as of late and the side will hope that he can adapt to the English conditions quickly and score some big runs for the side.
The visitors, Sri Lanka have won the toss and will opt to bowl first at the iconic venue.
England Playing XI: Ben Duckett, Daniel Lawrence, Ollie Pope(c), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith(w), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Matthew Potts, Olly Stone, Shoaib Bashir
Sri Lanka Playing XI: Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Nishan Madushka, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya de Silva(c), Kusal Mendis(w), Prabath Jayasuriya, Asitha Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Milan Priyanath Rathnayake
