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Hales and Root underpin England but catching lifts Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka might have feared the only thing they could catch in Durham would be a cold, but instead they caught a collection of stunners to keep England just about in sight on the opening day of the second Test

27-May-2016•The Report by Andrew McGlashan

Cook believes Woakes can fill Stokes void

Alastair Cook has backed Chris Woakes and Nick Compton to deliver in the second Test against Sri Lanka in Durham

26-May-2016•George Dobell at Chester-le-Street

Mathews hopes Sri Lanka warm to their task

Two days out from the Test, with thick grey clouds overhead and the wind whistling in from the north east, Sri Lanka trained in the coldest temperatures many of the team had experienced

26-May-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando at Chester-le-Street

Northern challenge set to give Sri Lanka the shivers

ESPNcricinfo previews the second Test between England and Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street

26-May-2016•The Preview by Andrew Miller

Ramanayake backs attack with Lakmal set to return

Sri Lanka fast bowling coach Champaka Ramanayake has described the tour-ending injury to Dushmantha Chameera as a "big blow", but said the attack's experience would nevertheless pose a substantial threat to England

25-May-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Compton admits he's playing for his Test future

Nick Compton has admitted he is playing for his future in the final two Tests of the Investec series against Sri Lanka

25-May-2016•George Dobell

Woakes and Ball vie to fill Stokes void

One of Chris Woakes or Jake Ball will step into the shoes of Ben Stokes at Chester-le-Street knowing that a huge opportunity is before them

25-May-2016•George Dobell

Young ruled out of Sri Lanka ODIs

Ireland will be without pace bowler Craig Young for their two ODIs against Sri Lanka next month after he suffered an elbow injury that could require surgery

25-May-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Mendis grateful for English league experience

There was no long apprenticeship at the fringes of the Test side for Kusal Mendis. There were no tours with the A team, or leadership positions in his club side

24-May-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Stokes has surgery for cartilage tear

Ben Stokes has undergone surgery to address a cartilage tear in his left knee after pulling up injured during the first Test against Sri Lanka

24-May-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Chameera ruled out of England tour due to back injury

Dushmantha Chameera has been ruled out of the England series after sustaining a stress fracture to his lower back

24-May-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

In-form Bairstow keen for limited-overs role

Test wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow hopes to persuade the selectors to find room for him in England's white-ball set-up as well

23-May-2016•Alan Gardner

Stokes set for knee operation, Woakes called up

Ben Stokes has been ruled out of the second Test against Sri Lanka, on his home ground at Chester-le-Street, with Warwickshire allrounder Chris Woakes added to the 12-man squad as his replacement.

23-May-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Chandimal insists Sri Lanka still have belief

Despite a year in which Sri Lanka have lost 11 of 14 completed T20s and now been defeated inside three days in a Test, "one or two wins" could reverse fortunes, Dinesh Chandimal said

22-May-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Kusal Perera called up to Sri Lanka Test squad

Wicketkeeper-batsman Kusal Perera has replaced injured seamer Dhammika Prasad in Sri Lanka's Test squad in England

22-May-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Goalkeeping work helps Bairstow balance

Paul Farbrace, England's assistant coach, has hailed Jonny Bairstow for the improvement in his wicketkeeping since the tour of South Africa

22-May-2016•George Dobell

'Bairstow was batting on a different wicket' - Cook

Jonny Bairstow looked as if he were "playing on a different wicket" to everyone else in the first Investec Test according to England captain, Alastair Cook.

22-May-2016•George Dobell at Headingley

Poor batting led to 'humiliating' defeat - Mathews

A failure to leave the ball decisively paved the road to an 'embarrassing' and 'humiliating' innings-defeat at Headingley, Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews said

21-May-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Anderson ten leads England's surge to innings victory

James Anderson sealed the third ten-wicket haul of his Test career, as England's bowlers powered their way to an innings-and-88 run victory with a final three-wicket flurry after tea

21-May-2016•The Report by Andrew Miller

Stokes doubt for second Test with knee injury

Ben Stokes is a doubt for the second Test against Sri Lanka, on his home ground at Chester-le-Street, after suffering a knee injury at Headingley

21-May-2016•George Dobell at Headingley

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