ENG vs SL 2nd Test Approaching Milestones:
It is time for a red-ball action at the home of cricket, Lord's Cricket Ground. England Cricket Team won the first game of the three-match Test series against Sri Lanka Cricket Team by five wickets. They are 1-0 ahead in the series and now will face the visitors in the second Test, which will get underway on Thursday (August 29). Ollie Pope will have a great chance to win his debut series as Test captain here.
England will miss the services of Mark Wood, who has been ruled out due to injury, while Olly Stone has replaced him. On the other hand, Sri Lanka have also made two changes to their playing XI. It is expected to be a great contest between these two teams. There are some amazing records which are on the line ahead of the second ENG vs SL Test, about which we will talk here.
England vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test: Approaching Test Records and Test Cricket Milestones Ahead of the Second Test at Lord's
72 – Former Sri Lankan Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne had a poor first match. But he has a good chance in the second ENG vs SL Test. The Southpaw needs another 72 runs to complete 7000 Test runs in his career. He will become the fourth Sri Lankan to do so and went past Sanath Jayasuriya (6973) to become Sri Lanka's fourth-highest Test scorer.
175 – Kusal Mendis' form will be important for Sri Lanka. If he can score a big century and score 175 runs in two innings of the second Test, he will complete 10,000 international runs for Sri Lanka. He will become the 10th Sri Lankan to do so.
6 – Sri Lankan skipper Dhananjaya de Silva needs 6 more wickets to complete 100 international wickets across formats for his country.
2 – Former English captain Joe Root scored a fighting 62 not out to take his team to win in the second inning. It was his 64th Test fifty. If he can score two fifties in two innings, he will equal Shivnarine Chanderpaul for the record of second-most half-centuries in Test cricket.
48 – Root has scored 19546 runs in international cricket so far. He needs another 48 runs to go past Chris Gayle in the all-time run-scoring in international cricket.
79 – English all-rounder Chris Woakes needs 79 runs to complete 2000 Test runs.
