"it absolutely was a new-ball pitch. We got them two or three down really early in each innings which was genuinely crucial, so credit history to Gus and Woakes for that and environment us up nicely.

On Ollie Pope: "certainly it should be a little bit diverse. Ben is Ben, We all know what type of character He's. Ollie has become VC to Ben for a while now and you may see some features of Ben in how he went about this.

Lawrence faces 5 dot balls from Jayasuriya, prior to whipping his remaining ball absent for 4 for the still left in the mid-wicket fielder.

He knocks the singles about easily after which you can he is ok To place the terrible balls absent as normally as he does. He's so hard to bowl at and He's a class act to view and to bat with.

Listening to the game in Spain. acquiring to clarify what is actually going on to a local who England vs Sri Lanka chose to sign up for me. I can not discuss Spanish and he would not fully grasp English. The power of mime is exactly what's noticed us as a result of.

But a number of unforced faults saw six wickets drop during the Area of sixty five deliveries, to the addition of just 54. The trio of Wanindu Hasaranga, Dhananjaya de Silva and Lahiru Kumara break up those dismissals evenly concerning them and for your moment an upset seemed nicely and genuinely to the cards.

would not get the height though, as the man while in the ring moves swiftly to his appropriate and holds on to a very good capture around the slide. 68/3

Sri Lanka shouldn't have shed an excessive amount of self esteem. They ended up competitive and labored truly hard in the field.

"It just ebbed and flowed during. In All those cases, you will get a little bit stuck then the stress will come. So it was just about controlling that. Sri Lanka have had a best working day, they batted fantastically and afterwards they were being genuinely disciplined While using the ball and gave very little absent.

within the Angelo Mathews wicket: "I swung a couple of faraway from him, the ball was shifting really properly in the air. I didn't fairly count on it to nip back again about it did, but always awesome to see it hitting the knee roll! you have got days where plans come together like that.

It was an extremely anxious time, but he used himself so perfectly as well as shots he played had been superb. His footwork and judgement was excellent, next only to Dhananjya de Silva.

seventeen.6 to PVD Chameera, goes for yorker within the legs, in its place it's a 50 percent-volley to the legs that is flicked while in the air to deep backward square leg.

In other news, former primary minister Rishi Sunak is below from the ECB Chairman’s box along with his security element standing in their black satisfies instead of very perfectly hidden radios outside the house the room.

when we get some reaction from a gloriously sunny aged Trafford, let us start off jogging by means of some highlights from now...