Match Details
Players per side
England 16 ( 11 batting, 11 fielding); Sri Lanka Board XI 14 ( 11 batting, 11 fielding)
Toss
England , elected to bat first
Season
Match days
1,2 November 2018 (2-day match)
And how many batters have managed a hundred in each Test of a three-match series?
Despite the evidence of history, we continue to pin our hopes on teams chasing 300-plus in the fourth innings in Tests
Yasir Shah has returned to the top ten after his 14-wicket haul, while Jonny Bairstow and Mominul Haque made gains in the batting rankings
Ben Stokes has seemingly realised how much the game means to him and resolved to take every opportunity to be the best player he can be
Roshen Silva made a solid return to the team but too much of the batting was brittle and Suranga Lakmal struggled as stand-in captain