ENG Vs SL Dream11 Team Prediction, Match Preview, Fantasy Cricket Hints: Captain, Probable Playing 11s, Team News; Injury Updates For England Vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test In Lord’s, 330PM IST, August 29 to September 2
England will look to keep up their winning march and seal the three-match Test series against Sri Lanka with a win in the second Test starting at Lord’s in London on Thursday (August 29). The home side are 1-0 up in the series after winning the first Test at Old Trafford in Manchester last week by five wickets.
The hosts were made to work hard for the win in the first Test by the visitors with Kamindu Mendis coming up with a brilliant century in the second innings. It took a mature fifty from former captain Joe Root to guide the side home to a win.
England stand-in captain Ollie Pope is confident that the hosts are fully prepared for the second Test and they can win the clash in order to seal the series. Speaking at the pre-match press conference, Pope said, “It’s good we’re getting pushed. Sri Lanka were impressive last week, especially the way they batted. When you come to England, you expect different conditions and the conditions weren’t your classic English-style pitches but at the same time, for the guys to go and put together some good scores and set us a chase from a hundred deficit is a credit to them.
“I’m sure they’ll be confident and feel strong but if we can play our best cricket, hopefully we’ll come out on the right side of the result again,” the England batter said.
Earlier on Tuesday, England announced the playing XI for the second match of the series against the Islanders. The hosts have made only one change in the line-up for this match as they brought in Olly Stone in place of injured Mark Wood. Stone has played only three Tests but has been an essential member of the England team whenever he has played for his country. The seamer has played 28 matches this summer for Nottinghamshire and London Spirit across formats, which is the second-most appearances he has made in a single season after missing the most of previous season due to a hamstring injury.
All eyes on series victory
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England vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test Details
Venue: Lord’s, London
Date & Time: August 29 to September 2, 330pm IST onwards
Live Streaming and TV details: Sony Sports Network and SonyLIV website and app
England vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test Dream11 Prediction
Wicketkeepers: Ben Duckett, Dinesh Chandimal, Jamie Smith, Sadeera Samarawickrama
Batters: Pathum Nissanka, Joe Root, Harry Brook
All-rounders: Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva
Bowlers: Olly Stone, Asitha Fernando
Captain: Dinesh Chandimal
Vice-captain: Joe Root
England vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test Predicted 11
England: Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Ollie Pope (c), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Matthew Potts, Olly Stone, Shoaib Bashir
Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne, Nishan Madushka, Pathum Nissanka, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva (c), Asitha Fernando, Prabath Jayasuriya, Vishwa Fernando, Milan Rathnayake