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Sri Lankan Cricket Team In England In 2024
The Sri Lanka cricket team toured England in August and September 2024 to play three Test matches against the England cricket team. The Test series formed part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship. In July 2023, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed the fixtures, as a part of the 2024 home schedule. Squads On 13 August 2024, England captain Ben Stokes was ruled out with a hamstring injury and Ollie Pope was named as the captain, and Harry Brook named as his deputy. On 25 August 2024, Mark Wood was ruled out of the remainder of the Test series due to a muscle strain, Josh Hull was named as his replacement. Tour match Test series 1st Test 2nd Test 3rd Test References External links Series homeat ESPNcricinfo {{DEFAULTSORT:Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2024 2024 in English cricket 2024 Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1928 will enter the public d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ollie Pope
Oliver John Douglas Pope (born 2 January 1998) is an English professional cricketer who plays for the England cricket team and Surrey County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman who occasionally plays as a wicket-keeper. He made his Test debut in 2018. Domestic career Pope attended Cranleigh School and is the great great great great grandson of the school's first headmaster, Joseph Merriman. He played club cricket for both Guildford and Cranleigh Cricket Clubs and was a member of Surrey age-group sides. On 26 August 2016, Pope signed a two-year professional contract with Surrey. Two days later, he made his List A debut for Surrey in the semi-final of the 2016 Royal London One-Day Cup against Yorkshire. He made his first-class debut on 28 March 2017 for Surrey against Oxford MCCU as part of the Marylebone Cricket Club University fixtures. Pope scored his maiden List A half-century on 7 May 2017 against Sussex. He made his Twenty20 debut for Surrey in the 2017 NatWest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Brook
Harry Cherrington Brook (born 22 February 1999) is an English international cricketer who plays international cricket for England and domestic cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Primarily a right-handed batsman, he also bowls right-arm medium pace. He made his international debut for England in January 2022. Early life Brook was born in Keighley but raised in Burley in Wharfedale. His family were active in club cricket. He was educated at Ilkley Grammar School, a comprehensive school in Ilkley, West Yorkshire. At the age of 14, he left having been offered a scholarship at Sedbergh School, an independent boarding school in Cumbria. Journalist Alex Mason reported for the '' Cricketer Magazine'' that former professional cricketer and Sedbergh School cricket coach Martin Speight was a very big influence on Brook's career during his schooldays. Cricket career Domestic Brook made his first-class debut for Yorkshire against Pakistan A on 26 June 2016 at Headingley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinesh Chandimal
Lokuge Dinesh Chandimal ( si, ලොකුගේ දිනේෂ් චන්දිමාල්; born 18 November 1989) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who captained the Sri Lanka national cricket team. A handy and agile right-handed batter who sometimes plays as the wicket-keeper middle order batter, Chandimal was the first captain to lead Sri Lanka in their first day-night Test match. Chandimal was a key member of 2012 ICC World Twenty20 runner-up team and 2014 ICC World Twenty20 winning team. He led Sri Lanka in first group stage of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20, until was suspended for slow over rate and subsequently lost the place in the team for the remainder of the tournament. On 26 September 2019, he joined the Sri Lankan Army as a volunteer commissioned officer and was eligible to play for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club. In August 2020, while playing for the Sri Lanka Army Sports Club, Chandimal made the highest total in domestic first-class cricket in Sri Lanka, wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kusal Mendis
Balapuwaduge Kusal Gimhan Mendis, generally known as Kusal Mendis is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays as a top-order batter in all forms of the game. He only played sixteen first-class matches before playing for the national side. In November 2017, he was named the One Day International (ODI) batsman of the year for the 2016–17 season at Sri Lanka Cricket's annual awards. Early and domestic career Mendis was adjudged the 2013 schoolboy cricketer of the year and had captained the national youth and the Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa teams in his formative years. In March 2018, Mendis was named in Dambulla's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament. The following month, he was also named in Dambulla's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament. In August 1998, Mendis was named in Galle's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League. He was the leading run-scorer for Galle in the tournament, with 182 runs in six matches. In March 2019, he was nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Wood (cricketer)
Mark Andrew Wood (born 11 January 1990) is an English cricketer who plays internationally for England in all formats. In domestic cricket, he represents Durham, and has played for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. Wood made his Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) debuts in 2015. He was part of the England teams that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup and 2022 T20 World Cup. Wood plays as a right-handed fast bowler, and is currently one of the fastest bowlers in the world, with an average Test pace of 89 mph since 2020. Domestic career Minor counties Wood made his debut in county cricket for Northumberland in 2008 against Norfolk in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. He played Minor counties cricket for Northumberland from 2008 to 2010, making 3 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances. Durham In the 2011 season, he made his debut for Durham in a first-class match against Durham MCCU. He follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olly Stone
Oliver Peter Stone (born 9 October 1993) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Nottinghamshire and England. Stone is a right-arm fast bowler and right-handed batsman. He was born in Norwich, Norfolk and was educated at Thorpe St Andrew School. He made his international debut for England in October 2018. Known as one of the fastest bowlers in England, Stone has recorded speeds up to 94 mph(151kph) Domestic career Stone made his debut in county cricket for his native Norfolk County Cricket Club against Bedfordshire in the 2011 Minor Counties Championship. Having been a part of the Northamptonshire Cricket Academy since 2009, and played Second XI cricket for the county since 2010, Stone made his first team debut for Northamptonshire in a Twenty20 match against Durham in the Friends Provident t20. He was dismissed in the match for a first-ball duck by Paul Collingwood, the third victim of Collingwood's hat-trick. In 2012, Stone made his List A debut for the county a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Smith (cricketer)
Jamie Luke Smith (born 12 July 2000) is an English cricketer who plays for Surrey and England Lions . Domestic career Like several other Surrey players, he learnt his cricket at Whitgift School. He made his Twenty20 debut for Surrey in the 2018 t20 Blast on 5 July 2018. He made his first-class debut for Surrey against Marylebone Cricket Club in Dubai on 24 March 2019. He scored a century becoming the ninth batsman for Surrey to score a century on first-class debut. He was dismissed for 127 in the first innings setting a new record for the highest score made on first-class debut for Surrey. He made his List A debut on 25 April 2019 for Surrey in the 2019 Royal London One-Day Cup. In April 2022 Smith scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket with 234 not out against Gloucestershire in the 2022 County Championship. Smith was part of the Surrey team that won the County Championship in 2022 and 2023. In March 2023 he was bought by the Birmingham Phoenix for the 2023 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Potts
Matthew James Potts (born 29 October 1998) is an English cricketer. Potts is a right-arm pace bowler and lower order batter. He plays first-class cricket for Durham and made his Test match debut for the England cricket team in June 2022. Domestic career Potts made his first-class debut for Durham in the 2017 County Championship on 8 June 2017. He made his List A debut for Durham in the 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup on 18 May 2018. He made his T20 debut on 19 July 2019, for Durham against Northamptonshire, in the 2019 t20 Blast. In April 2022, he was bought by the Northern Superchargers for the 2022 season of The Hundred. Later the same month, in the 2022 County Championship, Potts took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket, with 6/58 against Leicestershire. A month later, Potts took seven wickets in the second innings, and eleven wickets in the match, to help Durham to a 58 run win against Glamorgan. International career In May 2022, Potts was named in En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Lawrence
Daniel William Lawrence (born 12 July 1997) is an English professional cricketer who plays internationally for the England cricket team, England Test cricket team. In domestic cricket, he represents Essex County Cricket Club, Essex. Lawrence made his Test cricket, Test debut in 2021. He plays as a right-handed Batting order (cricket)#Middle order, middle-order batsman, and occasional Off spin, offbreak bowler. Early, domestic and T20 career Lawrence played his youth cricket at Chingford Cricket Club, where his father is groundsman. He used various batting techniques when playing youth cricket. Lawrence made his First-class cricket, first-class debut for Essex against Kent County Cricket Club, Kent in April 2015. At the age of 17 years and 290 days, and in only his second first-class appearance, Lawrence made a Century (cricket), century against Surrey County Cricket Club, Surrey becoming the third youngest batsmen to score a century in the County Championship. Lawrence's batti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Hull (cricketer)
Joshua Owen Hull (born 20 August 2004) is an English cricketer who is a left-arm fast medium bowler. He plays international cricket for England at Test match level, and domestic cricket for Leicestershire. In October 2022, he signed a two-year deal with Leicestershire, after taking 28 wickets for the academy team during the 2022 season. Personal background Hull was born on 20 August 2004 in Huntingdon and was educated at Stamford School. Although his great uncle, Grenville Wilson, had played some first-class cricket for Worcestershire in the 1950s, he had wanted to pursue a career in rugby until breaking his right arm at the age of 15. From a farming family, during the Covid lockdown of 2020, his grandmother had a barn converted into a temporary cricket net where he and his brother Ollie could practise. In March 2024, he cited Mitchell Starc as being a player he enjoyed watching and would like to emulate as a bowler. Career Hull made his first-class debut on 6 April 2023, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Duckett
Ben Matthew Duckett (born 17 October 1994) is an English cricketer who plays for Nottinghamshire. He is a left-handed batsman who can play as a wicket-keeper. He made his international debut for England in October 2016. Domestic, under 19 and national career County cricket Duckett made his debut for Northamptonshire in the 2012 Friends Life t20 against Gloucestershire on 8 July 2012, whilst in his first year of A-Levels at Stowe School. During the 2015 season, he scored four centuries in the County Championship, just managing to break the barrier of a thousand first-class runs in the season, with 1002 at an average of 52.73. The 2016 season was one of conspicuous success for Duckett. He began the season with a new highest score of 282 not out against Sussex. He scored three other first-class hundreds during the season, scoring 185, 189 and 205, with a total of 1338 runs at 58.17 and played in the semi-final and final of the Twenty20 Blast for Northants. He finished on the win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises. The wicket-keeper is the only member of the fielding side permitted to wear gloves and external leg guards. The role of the keeper is governed by Law 27 of the Laws of Cricket. Stance Initially, during the bowling of the ball the wicket-keeper crouches in a full squatting position but partly stands up as the ball is received. Australian wicket-keeper Sammy Carter (1878 to 1948) was the first to squat on his haunches rather than bend over from the waist (stooping). Purposes The keeper's major function is to stop deliveries that pass the batsman (in order to prevent runs being scored as 'byes'), but he can also attempt to dismiss the batsman in various ways: * The most common dismissal effected by the keeper is for him to ''catch'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
