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CLAIM NOWEngland vs Sri Lanka, ENG vs SL 2024, Today Match Prediction 21 August 2024
ENG vs SL Win Probability
Toss Winner - Sri Lanka won the toss and choose to bat first
England beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets
Sri Lanka begin their Test tour of England at Old Trafford with the hosts without some of their biggest names.
- Sri Lanka have not won any of their last eight head to head Tests against England.
- England won the last head to head against Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in Galle in 2021.
- Sri Lanka are targeting their fourth successive Test victory in this game.
We are backing England to win!
| Tournament: | Sri Lanka tour of England, 2024 |
| Format: | test |
| Venue: | Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bat |
| Weather: | 14.1°C|Sunny |
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ENG vs SL Match Prediction & Analysis
Although it is England as the hosts who will come into this Test and the series expecting to win convincingly, it is actually Sri Lanka who begins this match in fourth compared to their hosts seventh place in the World Test Championship! The tourists also come off the back of strong wins in this format earlier this year but they will be under no illusions that playing England in England is a very tough assignment.
For the hosts, they have their eyes trained on the Ashes series down-under in 2025/26 and are rapidly trying to get experience into keeper-batter Jamie Smith and spinner Shoaib Bashir which could provide an opportunity for Sri Lanka. Equally, Ben Stokes' injury will give vice-captain Ollie Pope the chance to lead the side but he has precious little experience of doing so in any format.
As ever, first innings runs will be crucial and even without their usual leader, we expect England to continue their ultra-positive approach to Test cricket.
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TEAMS PREVIEW
England Preview
This England side does not like to look at things in a negative fashion so it will be interesting to see how they approach this opening Test of the series without their captain Ben Stokes and regular opener Zak Crawley. Indeed, it is less than 12 months since both Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson were both sharing the new ball for this side and the team which takes the field has a distinct lack of experience compared to recent years.
That said, Dan Lawrence only knows one way to play cricket and he is likely to attack the Sri Lankan bowlers in a similar fashion to Crawley so will not require any change of pace to the normal quick-fire approach of opener Ben Duckett. Captain Ollie Pope at number three with Joe Root at number four will look to provide experience to the batting line up although keeper-batter Jamie Smith at six, in only his fourth Test, along with Chris Woakes at seven, does make it look as though England could have a very long tail.
Mark Wood was in sensational form against West Indies and his pace is likely to cause even the best batters of Sri Lanka problems. Matthew Potts returns to the side for only his second Test since the summer of 2022.
England Predicted Playing XI:
Dan Lawrence, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (c), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Matthew Potts, Mark Wood, Shoaib Bashir
England Actual Playing XI:
Chris Woakes, Shoaib Bashir, Mark Wood, Ollie Pope, Harry Brook, Matthew Potts, Dan Lawrence, Joe Root, Gus Atkinson, Ben Duckett, Jamie Smith
Sri Lanka Preview
This will be Sri Lanka's first Test since they beat Bangladesh by 192 runs at the start of April to make it three victories in this format in a row. Indeed, all three of those wins have been by very comfortable margins which should mean there is a good level of confidence in the squad. That said, there have been changes in the backroom staff and former England coach Chris Silverwood is no longer with the side - instead the tourists will have former opener Sanath Jayasuriya as interim coach and he will have the local knowledge of former England Test batter Ian Bell to lean on.
There is plenty of experience in the batting line-up with the likes of Dimuth Karunaratne and Pathum Nissanka expected to open for Sri Lanka before the familiar names of Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal come to the crease ahead of skipper Dhananjaya de Silva. But even with that experience, facing England's hungry pace attack in swing bowling conditions could prove a challenge.
With the ball, 32 year old left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya will be looking to build on his impressive start to Test cricket which has seen him take 71 wickets from only 12 Tests.
Sri Lanka Predicted Playing XI:
Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis (wk), Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal. Dhananjaya de Silva (c), Kamindu Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Vishwa Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Asitha Fernando
Sri Lanka Actual Playing XI:
Dimuth Karunaratne, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Kamindu Mendis, Milan Rathnayake, Nishan Madushka, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Asitha Fernando, Vishwa Fernando, Prabath Jayasuriya
PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS
Weather Conditions
The weather in Manchester is often joked about for being dreary, cold and wet, and according to the forecast, it could live up to its reputation at Old Trafford this week! Day one is expected to remain dry but it would be a surprise if there were no interruptions due to rain across the other four scheduled days of the Test.
ENG vs SL Pitch Report
Pitch Condition
Batting Conditions
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Spin Bowling
Old Trafford is one of England's historic Test venues and there is always strong backing for the home side. Even after turning the pitch by 90 degrees a few years ago, the pitch remains one of the quickest in the country. We expect spin to play a role in this match over the final two days of the game and batting should be easiest over the first two days.
Toss: To Bat
Although overhead conditions are expected to favour the bowlers throughout this game, it looks as though the opening day could prove to be the best for batting. Therefore it would be a big surprise if either England's stand-in skipper Ollie Pope or Sri Lanka's captain Dhananjaya de Silva chose to bowl first in Manchester.
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Winning Prediction
After their strong performance in their home series whitewash over West Indies earlier this summer, and even without their captain and talisman Ben Stokes, we still expect England to be too strong for this Sri Lanka side. We predict that England will get a comfortable victory in Manchester this week.
We are backing England to win!
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