England vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test Day 1 LIVE Score And Updates: Sri Lanka Put England In To Bat

England vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test Day 1 LIVE Score and Updates: England host Sri Lanka in the second Test of the three-match series at Lord's Cricket Ground. After a hard-fought first Test, tensions will be high after Sri Lanka batter Angelo Mathews blamed their loss on an unprecedented ball change mid-innings. England will welcome pacer Olly Stone back to Test cricket after a three year absence, as he replaces the injured Mark Wood. This series remains crucial for the World Test Championship (WTC) cycle 2023-25 standings, with England currently in fourth spot, and Sri Lanka in fifth. (Live Scorecard)

No run.

1 run.

4 Byes.

On length and around off, Ben Duckett taps it towards short covers.

ALMOST ANOTHER! Lahiru Kumara goes wide of the crease and bangs this one hard on to the pitch, this one too zips off the surface and takes off, Ollie Pope gets bamboozled by the pace and bounce as the ball goes past the outside edge. That was unplayable!

The skipper, Ollie Pope walks out to the middle.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! The bowling change has worked for Sri Lanka! Lahiru Kumara just loves playing against England as we also saw in the 2023 ODI World Cup. He sets up the batter nicely here, goes a little bit wider and fuller this time, Dan Lawrence takes a couple of steps across and looks to push it away, but has to reach for it with his feet going nowhere. The ball takes the outside edge and Nishan Madushka makes absolutely no mistake behind the stumps.

Pitched up and on middle, Dan Lawrence knocks it to the off side.

That's a beauty! Hard-length delivery in that channel outside off, shapes in with some extra bounce, Dan Lawrence looks to defend but only with his hands, the ball zips past the outside edge to the keeper. Kumara is getting