England v Sri Lanka 2016

England beat Sri Lanka by 9 wickets in the 2nd Test at Chester-le-Street
England 498 for 9 dec (Moeen 155*, Hales 83, Root 80, Pradeep 4-107) and 80 for 1 (Cook 47*) beat Sri Lanka 101 (Broad 4-40, Woakes 3-9, Anderson 3-36) and 475 (Chandimal 126, Mathews 80, Herath 61, Silva 60, Anderson 5-58)

England lead 3 match series 2-0

 

England's James Anderson has become the world's number-one ranked Test bowler for the first time.
Anderson replaces team-mate Stuart Broad at the top of the ICC's rankings after taking eight wickets in England's second Test win over Sri Lanka. Lancashire seamer Anderson, 33, took 10 in the first Test and now has 451 as England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker. Broad has slipped to third place, behind India spinner R Ashwin.

 

Sri Lanka seamer Shaminda Eranga was reported for a suspect bowling action in the second-Test defeat by England at Chester-le-Street.
The International Cricket Council said the 29-year-old is "required to undergo testing within 14 days".

 

Sri Lanka have called up uncapped left-arm seamer Chaminda Bandara, 29, for the third Test with England, to replace the injured Dushmantha Chameera.
The tourists have already replaced injured paceman Dhammika Prasad with Kusal Perera, while Shaminda Eranga's bowling action is being investigated.

 

Another walk in the park for England tomorrow.

Weather looks good,let's win the toss,bat and
start setting some new records against this
poor excuse for a cricket team.

 

England are 279 for 6 at the end of the first day of the 3rd Test against Sri Lanka at Lords
England 279 for 6 (Bairstow 107*, Cook 85, Herath 2-45)

 

Sri Lanka with 9 1st Innings wickets standing trail England by 254 runs at the end of Day 2 at Lords
Sri Lanka 162 for 1 (Silva 79*, Mendis 25*) - England 416 (Bairstow 167*, Cook 85, Woakes 66, Herath 4-81)

 

I spent a pleasant day at Lord's yesterday, and would say the cricket was "interesting" rather than enthralling

I was bemused by Sri Lanka's negative tactics early in the morning and they let Jonny Bairstow and Chris Woakes get going without putting them under any pressure. Bairstow was different class, but unfortunately the tail could not stay with him as a double hundred beckoned - very poor shot by Finn (why is he playing a slog sweep when his job is to stay with Bairstow??)

The Sri Lankan batting fought back on a VERY flat pitch - Dimuth Karunaratne looked very impressive before his demise on 50. SIlva looked more likely to go early on, but he got through it, and could well get a hundred on Day 3

Woakes was the pick of the bowlers for me.

 

England with 6 1st innings wickets standing lead Sri Lanka by 237 runs at the end of day 3 at Lords
England 416 and 109 for 4 (Hales 41*, Pradeep 3-25) - Sri Lanka 288 (Silva 79, Woakes 3-31)

 

Alastair Cook was hit on the knee by a lusty drive from Kusal Perera and went to hospital for a scan, meaning that - for the first time since 2006 - England opened the batting in a home Test without the Essex man.
However, the scan revealed nothing more sinister than bruising and Cook is expected to bat in the morning.

 

James Anderson has been reprimanded by the ICC for showing disrespect to umpire S Ravi on the third day of the Lord's Test against Sri Lanka.
Anderson was found to have breached Level 1 Article 2.1.1 of the ICC Code of Conduct which relates to "conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game." Anderson admitted the charged and accepted the sanction from the match referee Andy Pycroft so there was no need for a hearing.
The incident occurred during Sri Lanka's seventh-wicket stand between Kusal Perera and Rangana Herath when Ravi told Anderson, who was becoming frustrated, not to sledge Herath.

 

Sri Lanka need a further 330 runs to beat England on the final day at Lords
Sri Lanka 288 and 32 for 0 (Karunaratne 19*, Silva 12*) - England 416 and 233 for 7 dec (Hales 94, Cook 49*, Pradeep 3-37, Eranga 3-58)

 

Sri Lanka drew the 3rd Test against England after another rain-affected final day at Lords
Sri Lanka 288 (Silva 79, Woakes 3-31) and 78 for 1 (Karunaratne 37*) - England 416 (Bairstow 167*, Cook 85, Woakes 66, Herath 4-81) and 233 for 7 dec (Hales 94, Cook 49*, Pradeep 3-37, Eranga 3-58)

England win series 2-0

Players of the series - JM Bairstow (England) and JK Silva (Sri Lanka)

 

Tymal Mills, the Sussex left-arm fast bowler, and Middlesex batsman Dawid Malan have been named in England's T20 squad to face Sri Lanka next month. Jonny Bairstow has been included for both the ODIs and T20 but there was no place for Stuart Broad.
Alex Hales, Joe Root and Moeen Ali were rested for the T20, which takes place at the Ageas Bowl on July 5. There was no place in either squad for Jake Ball, who was part of the Test squad through the series against Sri Lanka.

 

ODI squad Eoin Morgan (capt), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Steven Finn, Chris Jordan, Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, James Vince, David Willey, Chris Woakes
T20 squad Eoin Morgan (capt), Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Liam Dawson, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Tymal Mills, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, James Vince, David Willey

 

Sri Lanka beat Ireland by 87 runs in the 1st ODI at Malahide
Sri Lanka 303 for 7 (Chandimal 100*, Mendis 51) - Ireland 216 (Porterfield 73, O'Brien 64, Shanaka 5-43)

 

Sri Lanka beat Ireland by 136 runs in the 2nd ODI at Malahide
Sri Lanka 377 for 8 (Perera 135, Prasanna 95, Murtagh 3-66) - Ireland 241 (McBrine 79, Lakmal 4-38)

Sri Lanka win series 2-0

 

Sri Lanka seamer Shaminda Eranga has been admitted to hospital in Dublin to undergo tests on an elevated heartbeat. He is understood to be in a stable condition but will remain in Ireland until Monday while the rest of the team returns to the UK.
Eranga experienced discomfort during Sri Lanka's 136-run win over Ireland at Malahide on Saturday. He came out to bat and faced the final ball of the innings but did not bowl and instead went to hospital.

 

Great comeback by England - dead and buried at 90-odd for 6