Sri Lanka bat first in opening test against England
MANCHESTER, England : Sri Lanka captain Dhananjaya de Silva won the toss and opted to bat in the first test of a three-match series against England on Wednesday under cloudy skies at Old Trafford.
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Watch: Ben Stokes Suffers Major Injury, Carried Off The Pitch By Teammate
England Test captain Ben Stokes was carried off the field on Sunday while playing for Hundred outfit Northern Superchargers. All-rounder Stokes, 33, suffered an apparent hamstring injury in their match in Manchester and was accompanied into the stands by two Superchargers staff members. He grabbed the back of his left leg while in pain on the floor having hit a quick single. England begin the first of their three-match Test series with Sri Lanka on August 21, at the same Old Trafford ground.
Zak Crawley Suffers Fracture, Ruled Out Of England vs Sri Lanka Test Series
England named a 14-member squad for their upcoming three-match Test series against Sri Lanka. Designated opener Zak Crawley will miss the series after he sustained a fracture on his right little finger in England's third Test against the West Indies. Along with this seamer Dillon Pennington will also miss out on the series after sustaining a hamstring injury while playing for the Northern Superchargers in The Hundred competition.
England opener Crawley out of Sri Lanka test series with injury
England will be without opening batter Zak Crawley for their three-match test series against Sri Lanka after he fractured his right little finger, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Sunday as they announced their 14-member squad.
Ben Stokes Achieves Another Record, England Whitewash West Indies 3-0
Ben Stokes hit the fastest Test fifty by an England batsman as the hosts hammered the West Indies by 10 wickets to win the third Test at Edgbaston on Sunday. Set 82 to win, England finished on 87-0 in a mere 7.2 overs as they completed a 3-0 series whitewash of the West Indies in spectacular style and with more than two days to spare. England captain Stokes, opening in place of the injured Zak Crawley, needed just 24 balls to go to a fifty featuring nine fours and a six. He bettered the previous record quickest Test-match fifty by an England batsman of 28 balls set by Ian Botham against India at Delhi back in 1981.
Da Silva, Holder steady West Indies after Brathwaite's 61
West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite scored 61 but England's seamers have made inroads into the visitors' batting line-up to leave them 194 for five at tea on day one of the third and final test at Edgbaston on Friday.
Brathwaite half-century helps West Indies to 97-3 at lunch v England
West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite scored an unbeaten 56 as the tourists reached 97 for three at lunch on day one of the third and final test against England at Edgbaston on Friday, but will rue the loss of late wickets to ruin their session.
LIVE | England v West Indies, 3rd Test - Day 1
West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite won the toss and elected to bat in the third Test against England at Edgbaston on Friday as Shamar Joseph was passed fit.