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Sights on 10,000 for Cook as Sri Lanka bowl first
- Updated: May 19, 2016
Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl against EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Alastair Cook will have an early chance to try and reach the 10,000-run landmark after England were asked to bat by Angelo Mathews on an overcast Headingley morning.
Cook said he, too, would have bowled first with the pitch having a good covering of grass while Mathews said a captain “should look up” when deciding what to do at the toss at this ground and was happy to give his bowlers first use. Sri Lanka have handed a Test debut to 24-year-old allrounder Dasun Shanaka who made a century against Leicestershire.
England confirmed their XI yesterday with James Vince coming in at No. 5 for his Test debut while Steven Finn has returned to the pace attack ahead of the uncapped Jake Ball. Being put in means the under-pressure duo of Alex Hales and Nick Compton will face an …
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