England vs Sri Lanka LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Sri Lanka in England 2024
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The ICC Test Championship sees nine teams compete across a two-year cycle of matches before a two-team final decides the winner. The inaugural competition was won by New Zealand after a thrilling victory over India in June 2021.
The 50-over World Cup is far older and has been competed for since back in 1975. Australia are the record winners having run out victorious on five occasions (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015). England took the 2019 crown after a dramatic Ben Stokes-inspired super-over win over New Zealand at Lord's.
The shortest form of the game sees teams compete in Twenty20. The newest format has been an instant global hit with a number of hugely-lucrative competitions massively popular all over the world. Australia are reigning world champions having taken victory in the 2021 tournament.
Follow all the latest live coverage of today's match in the live blog below:
England vs Sri Lanka
52.4
Chris Woakes to Milan Rathnayake. Out-swinging length ball, off stump on the front foot shoulders arms, Left for no runs, fielded by Smith.
England vs Sri Lanka
52.3
Chris Woakes to Milan Rathnayake. Out-swinging back of a length, down leg side on the back foot defending, to short leg for no runs.
England vs Sri Lanka
52.2
Chris Woakes to Milan Rathnayake. Out-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the front foot shoulders arms, Left for no runs, fielded by Smith.
England vs Sri Lanka
52.1
Chris Woakes to Milan Rathnayake. Out-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the front foot shoulders arms, Left for no runs, fielded by Smith.
England vs Sri Lanka
51.6
Josh Hull to Lahiru Kumara. In-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, inside edge to fine leg for no runs, fielded by Stone.
England vs Sri Lanka
51.5
Josh Hull to Lahiru Kumara. Out-swinging length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, thick edge to point for no runs, fielded by Pope.
England vs Sri Lanka
51.4
OUT! L.B.W. Josh Hull to Vishwa Fernando. In-swinging length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, hit pad. Up goes the finger.
England vs Sri Lanka
51.3
Josh Hull to Vishwa Fernando. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot working, to short leg for no runs, fielded by Lawrence.
England vs Sri Lanka
51.2
Josh Hull to Vishwa Fernando. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot defending, to silly mid on for no runs.
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