On Wednesday, the Pope is due to address Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and the country's political leaders and on Thursday, the Pope will take part in an interreligious meeting at Istiqlal Mosque, the largest mosque in Southeast Asia, as per the Jakarta Post.
While England secured a series-winning 190-run victory against Australia, Pope's poor run of form in the Test series, just 30 runs in four innings so far, is a highlight of the three-match affair so far. In the Test series, he has had a very bad success rate while using the Decision Review S
Joe Root and Gus Atkinson were the standouts as England secured a 190 run win over Sri Lanka to take the three-match series 2-0. While Root continued getting closer to Indian icon Sachin Tendulkar's run tally with twin centuries, that helped him surpass former skipper Alastair Cook's century
Ahead of Lord's Test against Sri Lanka, England stand-in skipper Ollie Pope is confident the hosts are fully prepared for the fixture and they win the clash in order to seal the series.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes is on track to recover from the hamstring injury that he sustained before the two-match series against Sri Lanka, according to a report from ESPNcricinfo.
Uncapped English fast bowler Josh Hull will replace Mark Wood in the remaining two Test matches of the series against Sri Lanka after the 34-year-old suffered a right thigh muscle strain while bowling in the second innings of the Manchester Test, according to the ICC.
Root starred with a calm half-century during a tense run-chase while Smith smashed his maiden Test ton in the first innings to hand England a massive lead of 122 runs in the first innings, which proved to be instrumental in team's win.
Big Bash League franchise Adelaide Strikers roped in England's stand-in Test captain Ollie Pope. West Indies left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein joined Sydney Sixers.
A tear in his left hamstring, sustained during The Hundred ruled Stokes out for the remainder of the English summer. Consequently, he will miss the two-match series against Sri Lanka. England opted not to name a replacement for Stokes in their squad for the Sri Lanka series. In his absence,
The teams will be lining up for a moment of applause before their national anthems at the Old Trafford Stadium, with a tribute video being played on the big screen. Broadcaster Sky Sports will also be paying tribute to the batter in their coverage.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Tuesday named their squad for the first Test match against England. The first Test match will be starting from Wednesday and will go on till Sunday.