England make a strong start to life under Ollie Pope’s temporary captaincy, bowling out Sri Lanka for 236 on the first day the first Test at Old Trafford.
England made a strong start to life under Ollie Pope’s temporary captaincy, bowling out Sri Lanka for 236 on the first day of the first Test at Emirates Old Trafford.
Even after Dhananjaya was caught at leg slip off Bashir for 74, Rathnayake continued to 72, the highest score ever made by a number nine on Test debut. Some of the home players were emotional during pre-play tributes to Graham Thorpe, the former England batter and coach who died earlier this month at the age of 55.
In the gloom, Pope was prevented from bowling Wood and Rathnayake got after the spin of Bashir and Joe Root. In a Stokes-like move, Pope kept the field in and was rewarded when Rathnayake finally miscued to mid-on.England swept aside West Indies 3-0 last month and this looked like being a similar mis-match in a first session when the hosts were every bit as good as Sri Lanka were poor.
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