England Lions Tour of SL: Haseeb Hameed, Tom Haines half centuries help England lions gain 113 run lead- Watch SL-A vs ENG-A Day 1 highlights

England Lions Tour of SL: SL-A vs ENG-A highlights- Half centuries from England Lions skipper Haseeb Hameed and Tom Haines helped visitor gain 113 run lead over Sri Lanka A after Day 1 of the 1st unofficial Test. Hameed was dismissed for 81, while Haines remained unbeaten on 62 run. Opener Alex Lees also scored half century (56). England Lions ultimately finished the day at 249/3. For Sri Lanka A Lasith Embuldeniya was the successful bowler with 2 wickets.

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Alex Lees	b L Embuldeniya	56	69	8	1	81.16
Haseeb Hameed(C)	c S Samarawickrama b SSD Arachchige	81	109	9	0	74.31
Tom Haines	Not out	62	72	7	0	86.11
Tom Abell	lbw b L Embuldeniya	7	7	0	1	100.00
Josh Bohannon(WK)	Not out	26	34	3	0	76.47
Extra	17 (b 5, w 0, nb 3, lb 9)
Total	249/3 (48)
Yet To Bat	JL Smith, JA Haynes, LA Patterson-White, MD Fisher, Jack Carson, Samuel Cook

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Milan Rathnayake	10	1	42	0	4.20
Amshi de Silva	6	0	26	0	4.30
Lasith Embuldeniya	17	0	89	2	5.20
Lakshitha Manasinghe	7	0	49	0	7.00
Sahan Arachchige	6	1	22	1	3.70
Dunith Wellalage	2	0	7	0	3.50

Earlier in the day, Matthew Fisher’s five-wicket haul helped England Lions bundle out host Sri Lanka A for just 136 runs in their first innings of the 1st unofficial Test. The pacer finished with figures of 5/34, while Patterson-White picked up 3 wickets. For Sri Lanka A wicketkeeper Samarawickrama was the top scorer for Sri Lanka A side with 43 runs. Lakshitha Manasinghe (26 runs) and Oshada Fernando (21 runs) also chipped in with useful contributions.

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Nishan Madushka(WK)	lbw b MD Fisher	1	2	0	0	50.00
Oshada Fernando	c JA Haynes b LA Patterson-White	21	39	3	0	53.85
Nuwanidu Fernando	st JL Smith b LA Patterson-White	17	27	3	0	62.96
Nipun Dananjaya(C)	c H Hameed b Samuel Cook	15	21	2	0	71.43
Sadeera Samarawickrama	c LA Patterson-White b MD Fisher	43	61	7	0	70.49
Sahan Arachchige	c JL Smith b TB Abell	3	20	0	0	15.00
Dunith Wellalage	c JL Smith b LA Patterson-White	0	4	0	0	0.00
Lakshitha Manasinghe	c JL Smith b MD Fisher	26	27	5	0	96.30
Amshi de Silva	c JL Smith b MD Fisher	0	4	0	0	0.00
Lasith Embuldeniya	c JL Smith b MD Fisher	3	9	0	0	33.33
Milan Rathnayake	Not out	1	5	0	0	20.00
Extra	6 (b 0, w 0, nb 5, lb 1)
Total	136/10 (35.4)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Samuel Cook	7	2	17	1	2.40
Matthew Fisher	9.4	1	34	5	3.50
Liam Patterson-White	13	1	51	3	3.90
Tom Abell	4	0	17	1	4.30
Jack Carson	2	0	16	0	8.00

SriLanka A skipper Nipun Dananjaya has wn the toss and elected to bat against start studded England lions team. Here’s the playing XI of both the teams

England Lions Playing XI: Alex Lees, Haseeb Hameed(c), Tom Haines, Tom Abell, Josh Bohannon, Jack Haynes, Jamie Smith(w), Liam Patterson-White, Matthew Fisher, Jack Carson, Sam Cook

Sri Lanka A Playing XI: Nishan Madushka, Oshada Fernando, Nuwanidu Fernando, Nipun Dananjaya(c), Sadeera Samarawickrama(w), Sahan Arachchige, Dunith Wellalage, Lasith Embuldeniya, Lakshitha Manasinghe, Milan Priyanath Rathnayake, Amshi de Silva

Star-studded England Lions will take on Sri Lanka A in an unofficial Test match on Tuesday, 31 January. This game is part of the two-match unofficial Test series. The scheduled match is set to be played at Galle International Stadium in Sri Lanka. Follow SL-A vs ENG-A 2023 LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN

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The England Lions travel to Sri Lanka to prepare for the ICC World Cup in India later this year. The team is hoping to adapt to spinning tracks in Asian conditions. After spending time in Dubai, the group arrives in Sri Lanka for two four-day unofficial Test matches. The young and talented team will then play three-match unofficial ODI series. The England Lions will be captained by two young players separately in the Test and ODI series.

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Check Schedule:

England Lions will take on Sri Lanka A in the first unofficial Test match on Tuesday, 30 January. The game is set to start at 10:00 AM local time in Galle, Sri Lanka. The three unofficial ODIs will be played on the 15th, 18th, and 21st of February. The venue for the ODI series is R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo.

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Squad:

England Lions Squad:

Alex Lees, Haseeb Hameed, Jack Haynes, Lyndon James, Tom Abell, Liam-Patterson White, Tom Haines, Mathew Fisher, Jamie Smith, Josh Bohannon, Ollie Robinson, Jack Carson, Josh Tongue, Nathan Gilchrist, Sam Cook, Tom Harley

Sri Lanka- A squad:

Angelo Mathews, Avishka Fernando, Charith Asalanka, Lasith Croospulle, Nuwanidu Fernando, Oshada Fernando, Pathum Nissanka, Shevon Daniel, Thanuka Dabare, Chamika Karunaratne, Chamindu Wijesinghe, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Kamindu Mendis, Nipun Dananjaya, Kusal Perera (Wk), Lahiru Udara (Wk), Vishwa Fernando, Praveen Jayawickrama

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Captains:

The 26-year-old Haseeb Hameed will lead the England Lions in the unofficial Test series vs Sri Lanka-A. Hameed has 10 international caps with England so far. Hameed has previously captained England at the Under-19 level. He was also part of the England squad in the previous Ashes series. Last year, he had a wonderful summer with Nottingham Forest in the English county season. He scored 1,235 runs at an average of 58.80, with four centuries and a top score of 196.

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Meanwhile, Sri Lanka-A has given the skipper role to Nipun Dhananjaya. The 22-year-old has represented Sri Lanka in the Under-19 format. Nipun has a staggering record in First Class cricket, scoring 1663 runs with an average of 50.39. He has eight centuries and five half-centuries to his name in the same format.

“As a teenager, he’s got the right attributes and right attitude towards the game and towards training.”

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Star Player to look for in this series:

England’s men’s performance director Mo Bobat has praised Haseeb Hammed for his batting skills and leadership qualities. Speaking about the decision to hand Haseeb the skipper role for the series, Bobat said:

“We thought long and hard about the options and there were lots of good options, people I’d regard as senior players. You’ve got Alex Lees, who’s done a little bit of Lions captaincy before, he could no doubt do this pretty well.”

”Tom Abell himself has captained Somerset, he could easily have captained the Test stuff. You’ve got other experienced players, Sam Cook, Matt Fisher who I regard as pretty senior players, Tom Haines who has captained at Sussex. Loads of good options but we felt Haseeb would be a good shout, ” added Bobat.

Praising the Nottingham Forest batsman, Bobat further added:

“When he did bits of leadership on the training camp we found he was very astute tactically and very creative with how we might take wickets in those conditions, which is going to be important in Sri Lanka. He’s done bits of captaincy and been vice-captain at Notts and captain in Royal London. He’s done some age-group captaincy with England so it’s great to give him that opportunity.”

It will be interesting to see how the two star-studded teams will perform in the series starting tomorrow. Fans, in particular, will look to see more of Haseeb Hameed and Nipun Dhananjaya. The two talented young players have the best opportunity to prove their worth ahead of the upcoming ICC World Cup.