Ian Bell's 100th Test Match
172 innings, 6787 runs, average 45.24, 20 100's, 40 50's
172 innings, 6787 runs, average 45.24, 20 100's, 40 50's
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[Cricket] England v Sri Lanka - Second Test - Headingley
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England Squad: AN Cook*, MM Ali, JM Anderson, GS Ballance, IR Bell, SCJ Broad, CJ Jordan, LE Plunkett, MJ Prior†, SD Robson, JE Root, CR Woakes
Sri Lanka Squad: AD Mathews*, HDRL Thirimanne, LD Chandimal, RMS Eranga, N Pradeep, HMRKB Herath, DPMD Jayawardene, FDM Karunaratne, KMDN Kulasekara, MDK Perera, KTGD Prasad, KC Sangakkara, JK Silva†, KDK Vithanage, UWMBCA Welegedara
Sri Lanka Squad: AD Mathews*, HDRL Thirimanne, LD Chandimal, RMS Eranga, N Pradeep, HMRKB Herath, DPMD Jayawardene, FDM Karunaratne, KMDN Kulasekara, MDK Perera, KTGD Prasad, KC Sangakkara, JK Silva†, KDK Vithanage, UWMBCA Welegedara
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Teams news
England are expected to be unchanged, with Liam Plunkett's unflagging flogging of the Lord's pavement likely to rewarded by a more enjoyable workout on his home ground. Chris Woakes remains the other bowler in the squad.
England: 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Sam Robson, 3 Gary Ballance, 4 Ian Bell, 5 Joe Root, 6 Moeen Ali, 7 Matt Prior (wk), 8 Chris Jordan, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Liam Plunkett, 11 James Anderson
Prasanna Jayawardene has returned to Sri Lanka because of a finger injury, which will likely open the door for Dinesh Chandimal to return and take the gloves. Dhammika Prasad could press for a place in the bowling attack if Nuwan Kulasekara's contributions are considered too lightweight.
Sri Lanka (possible): 1 Kaushal Silva, 2 Dimuth Karunaratne, 3 Kumar Sangakkara, 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Lahiru Thirimanne, 6 Angelo Mathews (capt), 7 Dinesh Chandimal (wkt), 8 Nuwan Kulasekara/Dhammika Prasad, 9 Rangana Herath, 10 Shaminda Eranga, 11 Nuwan Pradeep
England are expected to be unchanged, with Liam Plunkett's unflagging flogging of the Lord's pavement likely to rewarded by a more enjoyable workout on his home ground. Chris Woakes remains the other bowler in the squad.
England: 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Sam Robson, 3 Gary Ballance, 4 Ian Bell, 5 Joe Root, 6 Moeen Ali, 7 Matt Prior (wk), 8 Chris Jordan, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Liam Plunkett, 11 James Anderson
Prasanna Jayawardene has returned to Sri Lanka because of a finger injury, which will likely open the door for Dinesh Chandimal to return and take the gloves. Dhammika Prasad could press for a place in the bowling attack if Nuwan Kulasekara's contributions are considered too lightweight.
Sri Lanka (possible): 1 Kaushal Silva, 2 Dimuth Karunaratne, 3 Kumar Sangakkara, 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Lahiru Thirimanne, 6 Angelo Mathews (capt), 7 Dinesh Chandimal (wkt), 8 Nuwan Kulasekara/Dhammika Prasad, 9 Rangana Herath, 10 Shaminda Eranga, 11 Nuwan Pradeep
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England win toss and BOWL
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England have won the toss and elected to field.
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Interesting decision from Alastair Cook... batting last at Headingley is not usually much fun.
Early wickets and restricting Sri Lanka to a total less than 300 seem essential.
Early wickets and restricting Sri Lanka to a total less than 300 seem essential.
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Some nice early swing for Jimmy there
crodonilson
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The handful of English players in our side need to step up to the plate.
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Jimmy strikes
Silva c Prior b Anderson 13
Sri Linka 37/1
Silva c Prior b Anderson 13
Sri Linka 37/1
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Sri Lunka 52-1 (19.3 overs)
No sign of a good reason for inserting... yet.
No sign of a good reason for inserting... yet.
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Plunkett STRIKES
Cleaned up Karunaratne with an inswinger... leg stump cartwheels!
* Can I 'claim' that one??
Cleaned up Karunaratne with an inswinger... leg stump cartwheels!
* Can I 'claim' that one??
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Karunaratne b Plunkett 28
56/2
Karunaratne b Plunkett 28
56/2
mikeyjh
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Bowling Plunkers! How irritating is this now common check for the no ball......
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Lunch Day 1
Sri Lanka 74/2
Sri Lanka 74/2
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Sir Lenka 100-2 (34 overs)
Flying along since lunch... wickets needed soon, or this is going to look pretty sick by close tonight.
Flying along since lunch... wickets needed soon, or this is going to look pretty sick by close tonight.
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That is an absolute SHOCKER from Matt Prior 
Regulation caught behind, chest height... AWFUL
Regulation caught behind, chest height... AWFUL
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That pavilion looks like a dodgy office building from 1973. Shyyyte.
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FFS Prior 
My nan could have caught that.
My nan could have caught that.