The Sri Lankan cricket team will be visiting England to participate in a series of three test matches. The English team will be led by Ollie Pope, as their skipper, Ben Stokes is unable to participate in this series owing to a hamstring injury. Dhananjaya de Silva will be leading Sri Lanka in this series. Although the previous test statistics show England with a clear edge, the Sri Lankan team is in lethal form and might prove to be a real challenge for the British lads. A good example of their superb form is the clean sweep victory that Sri Lanka enjoyed over India, just a couple of weeks back.
Live Streaming Info
Fans can tune in to watch Eng Vs SL live on Tens Sports and A Sports in Pakistan, Sky Sports in UK and Willow TV in USA. This match will be streamed at 3:00 pm PST, 3:30 pm IST, and 11:00 am GMT.
Team Analysis
The biggest asset of the English team is their versatile bowling line-up, featuring a few talented and famous players like Gus Atkinson, Mark Wood, and Shoaib Bashir. However, the unavailability of big names like Chris Jordan and Jofra Archer might prove to be a deficiency in the British squad. Similarly, there is an unavailability of Jos Butler and Ben Stokes, two of the big names in English test cricket. However, players like Joe Root, Harry Brooke, and Ollie Pope will most likely compensate for the unavailability of Jos and Ben.
The Sri Lankan batting line-up is also quite strong and worthy of fierce competition with the experienced British batsmen. Kusal Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, and Angelo Mathews are a few of the numerous talented and aggressive batsmen of the Sri Lankan squad who can change the course of the game if the situation is tough. Another strength of this Asian side is the abundance of quality all-rounders in their squad which gives their skipper, de Silva plenty of options to chose from in a challenging situation.
Match Insights And Conclusion
An interesting yet thrilling game of cricket is expected to take place on the 21st of August between the two experienced nations. Cricket fans have huge expectations for Gus Atkinson to perform, given his superb debut in the last test series that he played. Moreover, key impact players expected to shine their talent in this 1st test are Ben Duckett, Mark Wood, Kusal Mendis, and Pathum Nissanka.
