England will take on Sri Lanka in the second Test at Lord’s with the aim of sealing the series, which starts on Thursday, August 29. England were pushed to the limit in the series opener with both bat and ball by a valiant Sri Lankan side, who never gave up the fight led by Kamindu Mendis with the bat and Asitha Fernando with the ball. However, the first innings with the bat cost them dearly, as the captain admitted. Dhananjaya de Silva after the defeat.
Sri Lanka will have to be a little more proactive and take the bull by the horns from the start. Especially at a stadium like Lord’s, where visiting teams find it difficult due to the slope and weather conditions, if Sri Lanka are able to make the first move, England, without Ben Stokes, will come under pressure.
England will be pleased that the likes of Jamie Smith, Matt Potts and Shoaib Bashir stepped up when they did as the team really needed them. England have made one change to their starting XI by bringing in Olly Stone in place of the injured Mark Wood and will hope the player can pick up where the latter left off, although it won’t be easy as the Notts player is returning to the Test squad after three years.
My Dream11 team for the second ENG vs SL test
Ben Duckett, Pathum Nissanka, Joe RootHarry Brook, Jamie Smith (vc), Dhananjaya de Silva, Kamindu Mendis, Gus Atkinson (c), Prabath Jayasuriya, Asitha Fernando, Olly Stone
Playing XI
England: Ben Duckett, Daniel Lawrence, Ollie Pope (c), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Matthew Potts, Olly Stone, Shoaib Bashir
Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne, Nishan Madushka, Pathum Nissanka, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal (week), Dhananjaya de Silva (c), Kamindu Mendis, Milan Rathnayake, Prabath Jayasuriya, Asitha Fernando, Lahiru Kumara
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