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England blood Burns, Foakes in first Test against Sri Lanka
GALLE, Sri Lanka, Nov 6, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – England gave debuts to opener
Rory Burns and wicketkeeper Ben Foakes as they won the toss and chose to bat
on the first day of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle on Tuesday.
Surrey left-hander Burns will have the tough job of replacing Alistair
Cook, who retired this year, as opener.
Foakes, Burns’s Surrey team-mate, gets his chance behind the stumps as
regular wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow recovers from an ankle injury.
Rain is predicted to cause trouble during the match after a weather-
disrupted ODI series, which England won 3-1.
Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne, Kaushal Silva, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh
Chandimal (capt), Angelo Mathews, Niroshan Dickwella (wicketkeeper),
Dhananjaya de Silva, Dilruwan Perera, Akila Dananjaya, Suranga Lakmal,
Rangana Herath
England: Keaton Jennings, Rory Burns, Moeen Ali, Joe Root (capt), Ben
Stokes, Jos Buttler, Ben Foakes (wicketkeeper), Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Jack
Leach, James Anderson
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZL), Marais Erasmus (RSA)
TV umpire: Sundaram Ravi (IND)
Match referee: Andy Pycroft (Zim)
BSS/AFP/MR/1030 hrs