SL vs ENG Live Score, 1st Test, SL vs ENG Live Cricket Score, SL vs ENG Live Score Updates

Date:            22nd January, 2021

Time:            10:00 AM IST

Venue:          Galle International Stadium, Galle

Match Preview

After a horrendous time in the rainbow nation, it was thought that the lions of Sri Lanka will find their roar back in their den. However, the Three Lions proved the significant gulf in class between the two sides in the first Test. Despite playing away from home and a long list of absentees, Joe Root’s men registered a comfortable victory.

They bowled Sri Lanka out for just 135 in the first innings and posted a mammoth 421 in response. While the Lankan batsmen did a commendable job in the second innings to avoid an innings defeat, it was only a mere consolation as an English win was imminent by then.

Sri Lanka

Dimuth Karunaratne (C), Kusal Perera, Kusam Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Niroshan Dickwella (WK), Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dilruwan Perera, Lahiru Kumara/Vishwa Fernando and Suranga Lakmal

England

Dominic Sibley, Zak Crawley, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root (C), Daniel Lawrence, Jos Buttler (WK), Sam Curran, Dom Bess, Jack Leach, Stuart Broad and James Anderson

Weather Report & Pitch Condition

It will be cloudy for all five days of the Test match, but there are no significant chances of rain. The temperature will be around 29 °C.

The pitch Galle International Stadium will be inclined towards the batsmen. As for the bowlers, the onus will be on spinners as they are likely to excel here.

Average first innings score:

323 (Last 5 test matches)

Record of chasing teams:

Won – 2, Lost – 3, Draw – 0

SL vs ENG Top Picks

• Jos Buttler has established himself as not only a limited-overs specialist, but a reliable Test batsman as well. In the last Test series against Pakistan, he scored 265 runs at an average of nearly 90.
• James Anderson has the ability to pick up wickets even on tracks that don’t offer much to seamers. In the series against Pakistan, he picked up 11 wickets from 3 games.
• Joe Root did not have a great series against Pakistan back in August, but he has scored over 7800 runs in Test cricket. The English skipper has scored 17 centuries in this format of the game.
• Sam Curran will have to take a great share of the workload. He has picked up 41 wickets in just 19 Tests and has also scored over 700 runs.
• Wanindu Hasaranga was one of the few Lankan lions who had a good time in South Africa. In the 2 Tests, Hasaranga scored 122 runs and also picked up 4 wickets.