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The Npower test series is three test matches between England and Sri Lanka. Below is the schedule for the series.
- First test match at Lord's Cricket Ground, North London
- Second test match at Edgbaston, Birmingham
- Third test match at Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Each team named a sixteen man squad for the series. Below the squads are listed.
ENGLAND SQUAD
Marcus Trescothick
Andrew Strauss
Michael Vaughan (captain)
Ian Bell
Kevin Pietersen
Andrew Flintoff
Geraint Jones (wicket keeper)
Ashley Giles
Matthew Hoggard
Simon Jones
Steven Harmison
James Anderson
Chris Tremlett
Paul Collingwood
Ian Blackwell
Liam Plunkett
SRI LANKA SQUAD
Sanath Jayasuriya
Marvan Atapattu (captain)
Mahela Jayawardene
Kumar Sangakkara (wicket keeper)
Russel Arnold
Separamadu Malinga
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Chaminda Vaas
Ruchira Perera
Nuwan Zoysa
Muttiah Muralitharan
Dinesh Fernando
Upul Tharanga
Nuwan Kulasekara
Farveez Maharoof
Malinga Bandara
The first test match at Lord's Cricket Ground in North London has started. Below is an update to lunch on the first day.
Sri Lanka started brightly, hitting a few shots and forcing mistakes from the England bowlers until the captain was bowled.
Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu is bowled out by Matthew Hoggard early on the first day of the first test match.
Sanath Jayasuriya, who has previously been so successful in England, brought up his fifty in just over half an hour at the crease.
Sanath Jayasuriya scores a quick-fire half century.
Jayasuriya and wicket keeper Kumar Sangakkara shared a vital partnership. Sangakarra made a half century in just 19 balls.
Wicket keeper Kumar Sangakkara brings up his fifty in a partnership with Sanath Jayasuriya that put the Sri Lankans back on track.
Sanath Jayasuriya played a world class innings. Three figures came up after 56 balls.
Sanath Jayasuriya raises his bat to the Lord's crowd as he reaches his hundred.
England's talisman Andrew Flintoff got through Sangakkara's defences to break the partnership at last.
Andrew Flintoff bowled Kumar Sangakkara to break the partnership.
After that Sri Lanka started to lose wickets quickly, this time Russel Arnold was the casualty.
Russel Arnold is out cheaply as Sri Lanka start to lose wickets quickly.
Reverse swing specialist Simon Jones got Separamadu Malinga plum leg before wicket.
Simon Jones traps Separamadu Malinga leg before wicket.
HawkEye showed just how plum it was.
Any doubt over Malinga's dismissal was removed by HawkEye.
Dilshan was out soon after.
Tillakaratne Dilshan has his leg stump knocked back.
Despite the fact that wickets were falling all around him, Sanath Jayasuriya brought up a world class 150.
Sanath Jayasuriya read anything the England bowlers threw at him during his one hundred and fifty.
Chaminda Vaas then fell to Matthew Hoggard.
Chaminda Vaas plays all around the ball as he is bowled by Matthew Hoggard.
Ruchira Perera and Nuwan Zoysa made just six between them. Spinner Muttiah Muralitharan then edged the ball to the wicket keeper to end the innings.
Muttiah Muralitharan edges the ball to Geraint Jones.
There were flashes of class from Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakarra but the rest of the batting order never really got going.
You would need a few loaves of bread to cater for all the ducks on the Sri Lankan scorecard.
All in all, England bowled very well. Especially Matthew Hoggard, the Yorkshire seamer taking 7-80.
Matthew Hoggard finishes with outstanding figures of 7-80 on a hard pitch.
A breif passage of play remained for England to bat before lunch, but they couldn't use it without losing a wicket. Marcus Trescothick was out for 12.
Marcus Trescothick is caught well on the boundary by Russel Arnold for 12.
ENGLAND V SRI LANKA
FIRST NPOWER TEST MATCH, LORD'S
DAY ONE: LUNCH
SRI LANKA 315 (27.5 OVERS)
ENGLAND 23-1 (3 OVERS)
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