Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl first in the second Test against England at Lord’s

The second Test match between England and Sri Lanka at Lord’s | Photo Credit: Getty Images

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl first against England in the second Test, starting on Thursday under blue skies at Lord’s, the home of cricket.

Sri Lanka made two changes after losing the first Test by five wickets in Manchester last week, bringing in batsman Pathum Nissanka and fast bowler Lahiru Kumara in place of Kusal Mendis and Vishwa Fernando.

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The only change for England was the inclusion of Ollie Stone in the squad. Fellow fast bowler Mark Wood, who was ruled out with a thigh injury,

Ollie Pope, who is captaining England again in place of injured Ben Stokes, said that if they had won the toss, they would have batted first. Sri Lanka also won the toss in Manchester.

The third and final match of the series will also be played at the Oval in London next week.

Lineup

England: Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Ollie Pope (captain), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith, Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Matthew Potts, Olly Stone, Shoaib Bashir.

Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne, Nishan Madushka, Pathum Nissanka, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya de Silva (captain), Kamindu Mendis, Milan Rathnayake, Prabhat Jayasuriya, Asitha Fernando, Lahiru Kumara.