DTVHINDIENG vs SL: Fire broke out in Sri Lanka’s dressing room before Manchester Test, all players were evacuated but…
The first test match between these two teams will be played at Old Trafford in Manchester. The first test is starting today i.e. 21st August. Srilanka Team (Pic Source-X) The Sri Lankan team is currently on a tour of England for a three-match Test series. The first Test match between these two teams will be played at Old Trafford in Manchester. The first Test is starting today i.e. on 21st August. However, before the match started, the Sri Lankan team was evacuated from their dressing room after a fire alarm rang. Actually this fire alarm was not correct and it did not cause any trouble to the Sri Lankan team. The players returned to the dressing room only 15 minutes after this incident. Let us tell you, before the start of the series, the Sri Lankan team played the only practice match against England Lions in which they had to face defeat by 7 wickets. Despite the defeat, Sri Lankan team captain Dhananjay de Silva said that he has full faith in his team and they will improve their position in the World Test Championship points table. According to Cricket Times, Sri Lankan team captain Dhananjay de Silva said, ‘We had to play some matches but we did not get the chance. In the practice match, our team did not come on the field with full strength. We gave a chance to some players but the result did not go in our favor. We are fully prepared and are confident that we will definitely win the Test series against England.’ Sri Lankan players were evacuated from their dressing room at Old Trafford today after a fire alarm went off. They were back after about 15 minutes as it proved to be a false alarm. pic.twitter.com/DBM0Q3oqX6 — Rex Clementine (@RexClementine) August 20, 2024 England would also like to improve their ranking in the World Test Championship points table Let us tell you, in the points table of the 2023-25 cycle of the World Test Championship, England has won 6 out of 13 matches and lost 6. One match was a no-result. With 57 points, the English team is at the seventh position in the points table. Sri Lanka is at the fourth position after four Tests. They have won two and lost two. The team has 24 points. Both the teams would like to improve their rankings. Breaking: Jay Shah will now leave BCCI and become the chairman of ICC…! List of top-5 batsmen who scored the most centuries in WTC- A film will be made on Yuvraj Singh, know who will play the character..? The most unlucky player of Team India, one over ruined his career List of batsmen who hit the most sixes for India in WTC- This captain has won the most matches for his country in Test cricket Pat Cummins is very desperate to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 In the history of IPL auction, no bid was ever made on Virat Kohli, know the reason Virat Kohli made his debut 16 years ago, today he…
ENG vs SL: Sri Lanka announced the playing XI for the first Test, see which players got a place?
This match will be played at Old Trafford, Manchester Srilanka Test Cricket Team (Image Credit- Twitter X) The Sri Lankan cricket team is currently on a tour of England for a three-match Test series. The tour will begin with a match to be held on Wednesday, 21 August at Old Trafford ground in Manchester. On the other hand, Sri Lanka has announced the playing eleven for this match a day in advance today, 20 August. However, by winning this match, Sri Lanka would like to start the Test series with a win. But it is not going to be that easy for the Lankan team against England, who play an aggressive style of ball in the biggest format of the game these days, that too in home conditions. Well, let’s see Sri Lanka’s playing XI for this match: Sri Lanka’s playing XI for the first Test match against England: Dimuth Karunaratne, Nishan Madhushka, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya de Silva (captain), Kamindu Mendis, Prabhath Jayasuriya, Asitha Fernando, Vishwa Fernando, Milan Rathnayake. Sri Lanka vs England Test series full schedule 1st match – 21 August to 25 August, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester 2nd Match – August 29 to September 2, Lord’s, London 3rd Match – September 6-September 10, Kingston Oval, London
ENG vs SL, 1st Test, Match Preview: Head to Head record, Playing XI, and Pitch Report – Know all the details here-
The first Test match between England and Sri Lanka will be played at Old Trafford Cricket Ground from August 21. ENG vs SL (Photo Source: Getty Images) ENG vs SL, 1st Test, Match Preview: The first match of the three-match Test series between England and Sri Lanka will be played at Old Trafford Cricket Ground from August 21. In the ICC World Test Championship points table, England is at seventh place with 6 wins, 1 drawn match and 36.54% PCT. At the same time, Sri Lanka is at fourth place with two wins and 50% PCT. England won the last Test series against West Indies 3-0 at home. Whereas, the Sri Lankan team won the Test series against Afghanistan and Bangladesh 2-0. England’s Test captain Ben Stokes was injured while playing for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred, after which he was ruled out of the series against. Ollie Pope will be seen captaining the team in place of Ben Stokes, and the board has appointed Harry Brook as the vice-captain. English opener Jack Crowley was injured in the Test series against West Indies, in his place Dan Lawrence will be seen opening the series against Sri Lanka. Dhananjay de Silva will captain Sri Lanka. Also, the team will depend more on the performance of Dimuth Karunaratne, Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal. ENG vs SL, 1st Test: Match Details: ENG vs SL, 1st Test: Where can fans watch live streaming of the match? Fans can watch the first Test match between England and Sri Lanka on Sony Sports Network and SonyLIV app. ENG vs SL, 1st Test: Head to Head Records: ENG vs SL, 1st Test: Pitch Report The pitch of Old Trafford Cricket Ground will help the fast bowlers more in the first hours of all five days. If the batsmen manage to spend time on the pitch in the first two days of the match, they can score more runs. The wicket is expected to dry up a bit from the third day, which will help the spinners. The average score of the first innings on this pitch is 332 runs. ENG vs SL, 1st Test: Full Squad England: Ollie Pope (captain), Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Harry Brook, Jordan Cox, Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Matthew Potts, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood Sri Lanka: Dhananjaya de Silva (captain), Dimuth Karunaratne, Nishan Madushka, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (vice-captain), Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Asitha Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, Vishwa Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Nisala Tharaka, Prabhat Jayasuriya, Ramesh Mendis, Jeffrey Vandersay, Milan Rathnayake ENG vs SL, 1st Test: Probable Playing XIs England: Dan Lawrence, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (c), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Matthew Potts, Gus Atkinson, Mark Wood, Shoaib Bashir Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne, Nishan Madushka, Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya de Silva (captain), Kamindu Mendis, Prabhat Jayasuriya, Vishwa Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara
ENG vs SL, 1st Test: “I was just waiting for the opportunity and…”, Dan Lawrence’s statement after getting a place in the playing XI
I’m just going to enjoy these few weeks and hopefully score some runs – Dan Lawrence Dan Lawrence (Photo Source: X/Twitter) The England cricket team is going to play a three-match Test series at home against Sri Lanka from August 21. England’s Test captain Ben Stokes has been ruled out of the series due to injury, Ollie Pope will be seen captaining in place of the all-rounder. Meanwhile, the host team has announced the playing 11 for the first Test match against Sri Lanka. In place of Jack Crowley, Dan Lawrence will be seen opening with Ben Duckett in the series. Let us tell you, Jack Crowley was injured in the Test series against West Indies. At the same time, Dan Lawrence has got a place in the team after two full years. Ahead of the first Test against Sri Lanka, Lawrence said he was just waiting for an opportunity and it has finally come. He stressed that he will score runs and put his claim for selection in the future. Hopefully I will score some runs – Dan Lawrence Dan Lawrence, speaking on ESPNcricinfo, said, I was just waiting for an opportunity and wherever it was I wanted to grab it. So I’ll just enjoy these few weeks and hopefully score some runs and put myself in contention for selection in the future. Dan Lawrence made his Test debut against Sri Lanka and then came on the tour of India in 2021, but could not perform well. Dan scored 149 runs in 6 innings, after which he did not get a chance again. Speaking further, Lawrence said, I think in my first stint I showed glimpses of what I can do. I was definitely inconsistent. There were some glimpses of what I can do and some low scores. But I think that was due to being very young. I was not fully confident about my game at that time and it was all very challenging. So I want to make a fresh start. England’s playing 11 for the first Test against Sri Lanka Dan Lawrence, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (captain), Joe Root, Harry Brook (vice-captain), Jamie Smith, Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Matthew Potts, Mark Wood, Shoaib Bashir
ENG vs WI: Captain Ben Stokes made a big statement praising Mark Wood’s performance in the Edgbaston Test match
Mark Wood has been the player of the series in the three-match Test series against West Indies Mark Wood (Image Credit- Twitter X) The England cricket team has recently defeated the Caribbean team 3-0 in the three-match Test series against the West Indies. The third and last match of this series was played at Edgbaston ground in Birmingham, in which the host team won in a one-sided manner by 10 wickets. So, not only in this match but during the entire series, fast bowler Mark Wood has bowled brilliantly. Wood took 7 wickets in the third Test match played at Edgbaston, which included a 5-wicket haul in the second innings. For this brilliant performance, he was awarded the Player of the Match award. On the other hand, now England Test cricket team captain Ben Stokes has been seen praising Wood’s brilliant performance. Ben Stokes praised Mark Wood a lot Let us tell you that after the end of the third Test match at Edgbaston, Birmingham, during the post-match, Ben Stokes said about Mark Wood – I think he (Mark Wood) really deserves the awards he has received. Whenever he wears the England shirt, he always tries to be amazing in the game. He is a lion hearted player, as a captain you can see him bowling for 45 minutes or more. Stokes further said- Wood is a really fast and skillful bowler. He opened the match for us. It seemed like he was looking to take a wicket on every ball. Obviously, when the ball comes at a speed of 150 kilometers and it reverse swings, it will be very difficult to bat. Wood is very important and the skill he has is the X factor.
ENG vs WI: Joe Root also surpassed Brian Lara, know which record the English player made in his name
Joe Root achieved this great feat during the first session of the second day of the third Test being played between England and West Indies in Birmingham. Joe Root (Pic Source-Twitter) Today, on 27 July, England’s experienced batsman Joe Root has surpassed former West Indies captain Brian Lara in terms of runs in Test cricket. Let us tell you, Joe Root achieved this great feat during the first session of the second day of the third Test being played between England and West Indies in Birmingham. Brian Lara scored 11,953 runs in 232 innings of 131 matches in his international cricketing career. Joe Root has surpassed him in 261 innings of his 143 tests. Joe Root has reached the seventh position in the list of players who have scored the most runs in Test cricket. Now only Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid, Alastair Cook and Kumar Sangakkara are ahead of him. Joe Root started the second day of the ongoing third Test match with two runs. He needed just 12 more runs to break Brian Lara’s record. He achieved this feat on the last ball of the sixth over of the day. Joe Root became the highest run scorer for England at Edgbaston Let us tell you, English batsman Joe Root has become the highest run scorer at Edgbaston. He has completely broken Cook’s record of 869 runs. England is leading 2-0 in this 3 match Test series. While on one hand all the players from England have performed very well so far, the West Indies players have failed to make a mark in this series. England won the first test match played at Lord’s while the hosts won the second test as well. England had a very bad start in the third test being played at the moment but the team is in a great position right now and if the team’s batsmen perform well then they can win this match as well. In their first innings of the third test, West Indies have scored 282 runs after losing all wickets. The second day of the game has started and England will definitely want to put pressure on West Indies on this day. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
‘You, the people of the West Indies…’ – Ian Bishop’s special message to players ahead of ENG vs WI 3rd Test
The third match of the 3-match Test series between England and West Indies will be played on Friday, July 26. In such a situation, West Indies will fight with England for its honor. Ian Bishop (Source X) West Indies had equalled the two-match Test series by defeating Pat Cummins and Co. on Australian soil earlier this year. After his brilliant performance, the entire West Indies management and team were hoping that he would do something similar against England. However, they were comprehensively defeated by England in the first two Test matches. With this defeat, they also lost the Richards-Botham Trophy. Now the third match of the 3-match Test series will be played on Friday, July 26. In such a situation, West Indies will take on England for their honor. To support his team, legendary commentator and former West Indies cricketer Ian Bishop has an important message for Craig Brathwaite and Co. He urged the West Indies to play with passion in the third game and learn as much as possible ahead of next month’s home series against South Africa. Ian Bishop’s tweet before the third test match against West Indies Ian Bishop tweeted: “The match at Edgbaston is very important from a learning point of view.” “Edgbaston is important to continue learning.”@irbishi shares his thoughts on the next match being as important as the last.#ENGvWI pic.twitter.com/6ZXpdi6k4b — Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) July 23, 2024 Ian Bishop gave a special message to the team before the ENG vs WI third Test match “If the players can hear me now, they have to pull themselves together. I know it’s tough and I know they probably lost a lot of their mental energy after their performance with the bat in the first innings scoring a lot and they lost the second innings, but Edgbaston is important for learning.” Ahead of the series against South Africa, Bishop urged the team to stay motivated, build confidence and learn from their experiences. He said- “The Richard Boultham Trophy goes to England, but then there is the South Africa series as well. So you know one by one that you represent the people of the West Indies. Every game you play with pride. And that should be enough to give you energy and if that is not enough, you are going to play against South Africa in less than a week or about a week later. And you want to go there with confidence. So there is still a lot to learn playing for a team that is still learning.”
ENG vs WI: ‘He showed what he can do’: Ben Stokes on Shoaib Bashir’s match-winning spell in Nottingham Test
Bashir took 7 wickets in the second Test match against West Indies. Shoaib Bashir (Image Credit- Twitter X) When Shoaib Bashir made his debut in Test cricket on Indian soil, he impressed a lot with his performance. And now he has been seen giving a similar performance in the ongoing three-match Test series against West Indies. Let us tell you that in the Nottingham Test match against West Indies, Bashir bowled brilliantly, took a fifer in the second innings, and by taking a total of 7 wickets, played a vital role in his team’s victory by 241 runs. On the other hand, impressed by Bashir’s performance in the match, England captain Ben Stokes has made a big statement. Stokes says that he has shown what he can do. Ben Stokes made a big statement about Shoaib Bashir Let us tell you that after winning the Nottingham Test match against West Indies, Ben Stokes said about Shoaib Bashir during the post-match – I think what Bash (Shoaib Bashir) has done today is to show the world what he can do. The wicket prepared for the match hardly helped any spin bowler during the entire Test match, but he showed what he is capable of today. Stokes further said about the match- After this victory, we should not forget the kind of partnership Harry Brook and Joe Root made when the ball was moving a lot. Today we played well, and honestly, we could have taken the lead in the first innings, because chasing a target like 380 runs in the fourth innings is not easy. On the other hand, by winning the second Test match in Nottingham, England has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match Test series. Now the last and third Test match of the series between the two teams will be played at Edgbaston, Birmingham from July 26.
ENG vs WI 2024: Mark Wood created history in the Nottingham Test match against West Indies, becoming the first fast bowler to do so
Wood made this record in the second over of the innings. Mark Wood (Image Credit- Twitter X) England cricket team’s star fast bowler Mark Wood has created history in the second Test match against West Indies being played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Wood achieved this feat in the second over of West Indies’ first innings. Also, Wood has become the first bowler to do so on home soil and has achieved this big and unique record. With this record, Wood’s name has been included in the list of legends. Wood made this special record his name Let us tell you that the second over of the West Indies first innings bowled by Wood on the second day of the Nottingham Test match has become the fastest over bowled by any bowler in England. In this over, Mark Wood’s balls were wreaking havoc with their speed. Wood bowled the first ball of this over at a speed of 155.14 kilometers per hour, which was left by Caribbean opener Mikyle Lewis. After this, Wood bowled the second ball at a speed of 154.65 kmph, followed by the third ball at 152.88 and the fourth ball at 148.06 kmph. With this, it has become the fastest over bowled in Test history in England. Wood has also become the first English bowler to do so. This record has already been beaten… By Mark Wood’s third over ??? — England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 19, 2024 England scored 416 runs in the first innings On the other hand, if we give you information about England’s performance in the second Test match, then West Indies won the toss and asked the host team to bat first. Batting first, England lost all their wickets for 416 runs in 88.3 overs in the first innings. Ollie Pope played a brilliant innings of 121 runs for the team, while captain Stokes made a good contribution of 69 runs. Also, opener Ben Duckett scored 71 runs.
ENG vs WI: See match preview, stats and other important details before the second test
This match between the two teams will start from July 18 England vs West Indies, 2nd Test (Image Credit- Twitter X) A five match test series is currently going on between England and West Indies cricket team. Now the second match between the two teams is going to be held at Trent Bridge ground in Nottingham from Thursday, July 18. However, the host team, which has taken a 1-0 lead in the series by winning the first match, will be eyeing to win the series by winning this match. In the first Test match between the two teams at Lord’s, host England performed brilliantly and defeated the Caribbean team by an innings and 114 runs in a one-sided match. The English team had given a wonderful performance in bowling, especially from debutant Gus Atkinson. He took five wickets in the second innings and a total of 7 wickets in the match, due to which he was given the Player of the Match award. So he would like to perform similarly in the second Test match against West Indies. Match details (Match Details): Match England Vs West Indies, 2nd Test Venue Trent Bridge, Nottingham Date and time Thursday-Monday, July 18- July 22, 3:30 PM IST Head to head record (Head To Head Records) Match 164 England won 52 West Indies won 59 draw 53 no result 00 The very first match June 23, 1928 Recent match July 12, 2024 Probable Playing XI of both the teams for the match (ENG vs WI Probable Playing XI): As is known, ever since England has started playing baseball cricket, they have been announcing their playing eleven a day before the match. Something similar has been seen this time as well. Let us tell you that Mark Wood has been included in this match in place of James Anderson who played in the first Test match. England’s playing XI: Jack Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brooke, Ben Stokes (captain), Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Mark Wood and Shoaib Bashir. West Indies playing XI: Craig Brathwaite (captain), Michael Lewis, Kirk McKenzie, Alick Athanaze, Kavem Hodge, Jason Holder, Joshua da Silva, Alzari Joseph, Gudakesh Moti, Shamar Joseph, Jayden Seales.
