England named their playing XI for the third and final Test of their home series against Sri Lanka, with young seamer Josh Hull set to get his maiden Test cap.
After Brendon McCullum was appointed as the head coach of England's white-ball teams, former England cricketer Michael Atherton said that it will be a big challenge for the ex-New Zealand cricketer.
The meeting is being organized by the Kazakhstan Central Securities Depository (KCSD). The participating nations include the US, Europe, China, Japan, South Korea, India, Iran, Pakistan, Mongolia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Nepal, Sri Lanka among others.
The second leg of India's largest multilateral air exercise, 'Exercise Tarang Shakti 24' is being held at Air Force Station Jodhpur from 30 August to 13 September. Australia, Greece, Sri Lanka, UAE, Japan, Singapore and the United States are participating in it.
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
During the second Test match against Sri Lanka at Lord's, England pacer Gus Atkinson joined an elite list of English players who have picked most wickets in first five long-format matches.
Atkinson scored his first-ever century in professional cricket and secured his third five-wicket haul at Lord's to help England secure a 190-run series win against Sri Lanka, winning the three-match series 2-0.
Following Sri Lanka's disappointing loss against England in the second Test match, skipper Dhananjaya de Silva said that the visitors tried to control the match but it was not enough.
Atkinson continued his rise in international cricket, getting a fine match-winning century and a five-wicket haul to accomplish a rare double at the iconic venue. This also helped England secure a 190 run win over Sri Lanka and win the three-match series 2-0.
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