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The England and Wales Cricket (ECB) on Sunday announced a 14-member squad for the upcoming home Test series against Sri Lanka, with top-order batter Zak Crawley missing out due to an injury.

England will host Sri Lanka for a three-match Test series, starting on August 21 at Old Trafford.

Crawley has been ruled out of the series due to a fractured finger. He sustained the injury while attempting a catch in the last Test of the three-match series against West Indies.

In Crawley’s absence, Dan Lawrence is expected to open the innings alongside Ben Duckett during the Sri Lanka series.

England are scheduled to tour Pakistan for a three-match Test series in October after the series against Sri Lanka.

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Zak Crawley is now in a race against time as the typical recovery period for a broken finger is approximately six to eight weeks, and the upcoming series against Pakistan is just nine weeks away.

Essex’s Jordan Cox has received his first call-up to the England squad for the Sri Lanka Tests, following his outstanding performance in the County Championship.

Cox scored an impressive 763 runs at an average of 69.36 in 12 matches this season.

Meanwhile, pace bowler Olly Stone has returned to the squad in place of uncapped seam bowler Dillon Pennington, who suffered a hamstring injury during The Hundred.

England squad for Sri Lanka series

Ben Stokes (c), Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Harry Brook, Jordan Cox, Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Joe Root, Jamie Smith (wk), Olly Stone, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.

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BENGALURU: England have won the toss and elected to bat first against Sri Lanka in the 24th match of the ICC World Cup 2023 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

England

Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Liam Livingstone, Jos Buttler (c)(wk), Ben Stokes, David Willey, Moeen Ali, Mark Wood, Adil Rashid, Chris Woakes

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Sri Lanka

Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis (c)(wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dilshan Madushanka, Lahiru Kumara

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD:

Overall ODIs: Matches 78, England 38, Sri Lanka 36, NR 3, Tied 1

ODI World Cup: Matches 78, England 6, Sri Lanka 5

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SYDNEY: England batters held their nerves calm to complete a tricky final-over run chase against the spirited Sri Lankan bowling attack and qualified for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 semi-finals.

With England booking their semi-final spot, the defending champions Australia failed to make it to the final four.

England were off to a flying start to their run chase as skipper Jos Buttler and Alex Hales laid a solid foundation with a magnificent 75-run partnership.

However, Wanindu Hasaranga’s twin strikes in his two consecutive overs halted England’s march to an easy victory as he removed both the openers.

Jos Buttler fell in the eighth over after scoring 28 off 23, while England’s top-scorer Hales narrowly missed his half-century and could score 47 off 30 deliveries, laced with seven boundaries and a six.

Following their dismissals, England ran into a frustrating collapse as they lost four wickets in a span of 53 deliveries for the addition of just 47 runs.

Ben Stokes, however, held his ground firmly in the nervy chase and guided his team to win with a 42 from 36 that only included two fours but kept the score ticking over until Chris Woakes’ cut for four with two balls remaining.

Following a decent performance from their bowlers, one of the tournament’s favourites England would now need to chase down the 142-run target to make their way to the semi-finals.

After opting to bat first in their last fixture of the ongoing mega event, Sri Lankan openers – Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka – provided a decent start to lay the foundation for a competitive total as they added 39 runs at a rapid pace.

Amid the flying start, Mendis found it hard to charge on the English bowlers before falling short to Chris Woakes in the fourth over. He scored 18 off 14 balls.

Nissanka, on the other hand, batted brilliantly and went on to top score for his side with a magnificent half-century knock; scoring 67 off 45 deliveries, laced with two boundaries and five sixes.

Besides Nissanka, none of the Sri Lankan batters could make an impact against the strong English batting lineup and only Bhanuka Rajapaksa had a notable contribution of a run-a-ball 22.

Whereas, five of the Sri Lankan batters failed to amass double-figures and consequently, their side could score 141/8 in their quota of 20 overs.

Sri Lanka’s 141-run total is the lowest total by any team batting first at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Mark Wood led the bowling attack for England with three wickets despite going for 17 runs in his first over, while Sam Curran, Rashid Khan, Ben Stokes and Woakes struck out a batter each.

SYDNEY: Sri Lanka have won the toss and elected to bat first against England in the last Super 12s Group 1 fixture of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.

PLAYING XIs

Sri Lanka: Kusal Mendis (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara

England: Jos Buttler (c & wk), Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Adil Rashid

HEAD TO HEAD

Matches 13, England 9, Sri Lanka 4

FORM GUIDE

Sri Lanka: W, L, L, W, W
England: W, L, W, NR, W

England clinched a 26-run victory over England to remain unbeaten in the ICC T20 World Cup in Sharjah on Monday.

The victory has virtually confirmed England’s place in the semi-final.

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field.

England’s unbeaten run continues 🔥#T20WorldCup | #ENGvSL | https://t.co/06x6wzNqW1 pic.twitter.com/z5XP93NwTS

— ICC (@ICC) November 1, 2021

England finished at 163-4 in their 20 overs with Jos Buttler scoring an unbeaten century. His 101-run knock from 67 deliveries included six boundaries and as many sixes.

He put on a 112-run partnership with Eoin Morgan, who scored 36-ball 40 with the help of a boundary and three maximums.

Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva bagged three wickets from his four overs.

In reply, Sri Lanka was dismissed for 134 with an over to spare. Hasaranga made 34 from 21 deliveries with the help of three fours and six. Skipper Dasun Shanaka and Bhanuka Rajapaksa scored 26 runs each.

Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Chris Jordan all took two wickets.