{"id":128401,"date":"2024-09-05T16:28:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T16:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/05\/sri-lanka-make-two-major-changes-to-their-playing-xi-for-3rd-test-against-england\/"},"modified":"2024-09-05T16:28:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T16:28:17","slug":"sri-lanka-make-two-major-changes-to-their-playing-xi-for-3rd-test-against-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/05\/sri-lanka-make-two-major-changes-to-their-playing-xi-for-3rd-test-against-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka make two major changes to their playing XI for 3rd Test against England"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/09\/indiatv-2024-09-05t211754-1725551302.jpg?fit=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sri Lanka make two major changes to their playing XI for 3rd Test against England\" title=\"Sri Lanka make two major changes to their playing XI for 3rd Test against England\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : GETTY<\/span> Sri Lankan captain Dhananjaya de Silva and head coach Sanath Jayasuriya during the net session in Manchester on August 19, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\">Sri Lanka recalled star batter <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/kusal-mendis\" rel=\"noopener\">Kusal Mendis<\/a> to their playing eleven for the third Test match against England starting on Friday, September 6. After losing the second match and the series, the Sri Lankan management made two changes to their team for the third and final match of the series at The Oval.  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>Kusal Mendis replaced Nishan Madushka while the pacer Vishwa Fernando returned in the place of experienced spinner Prabath Jayasuriya. Sri Lanka are looking to rely on their pace attack at The Oval to salvage something from the disappointing England tour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sri Lanka Playing XI:\u00a0<\/strong>Dimuth Karunaratne,\u00a0Pathum Nissanka,\u00a0Kusal Mendis, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/angelo-mathews\" rel=\"noopener\">Angelo Mathews<\/a>,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/dinesh-chandimal\" rel=\"noopener\">Dinesh Chandimal<\/a> (wk), <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/dhananjaya-de-silva\" rel=\"noopener\">Dhananjaya de Silva<\/a> (c), Kamindu Mendis, Milan Rathnayake,\u00a0Lahiru Kumara, Vishwa Fernando, Asitha Fernando.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Wednesday, England announced their playing eleven for The Oval Test with the\u00a06ft 7in left-arm seamer Josh Hull included for the first time. He replaced Matthew Potts in the only change for the Three Lions who target a series whitewash at The Oval.<\/p>\n<p><strong>England Playing XI:\u00a0<\/strong>Dan Lawrence,\u00a0Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (c), <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/joe-root\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Root<\/a>,\u00a0Harry Brook,\u00a0Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson,\u00a0Olly Stone, Josh Hull, Shoaib Bashir.\u00a0    <\/p>\n<p>More to follow&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/cricket\/sri-lanka-make-two-major-changes-to-their-playing-xi-for-3rd-test-against-england-2024-09-05-950658\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : GETTY Sri Lankan captain Dhananjaya de Silva and head coach Sanath Jayasuriya during the net session in Manchester on August 19, 2024 Sri Lanka recalled star batter Kusal Mendis to their playing eleven for the third Test match against England starting on Friday, September 6. 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