England National Cricket Team vs Sri Lanka National Cricket Team LIVE Score: England and Sri Lanka kickstart their three-match Test series with the opening clash from today at Manchester’s Old Trafford. The home team will be led by a new captain in Ollie Pope who has been elevated in the absence of Ben Stokes who tore his hamstring while playing in The Hundred ruling him out of the entire series.

This is the first Test series between the two teams on English soil in eight years and the tourists have have the services of former England cricketer Ian Bell as batting coach.

Full Squads

Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne, Nishan Madushka, Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya de Silva (captain), Kamindu Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Vishwa Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Asitha Fernando, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Kasun Rajitha, Pathum Nissanka, Milan Priyanath Rathnayake, Nisala Tharaka, Jeffrey Vandersay, Ramesh Mendis

England: Daniel Lawrence, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (captain), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Matthew Potts, Mark Wood, Shoaib Bashir, Jordan Cox, Olly Stone