Henry Nichols News

With the defeat, Sri Lanka have failed to overtake West Indies (88 points) for the final direct qualification spot. Sri Lanka end their CWCSL campaign on 81 points.

England finished day two of the first Test at Lord's on 111-2 and trail New Zealand by 267 runs in the first innings after Devon Conway's double ton took the game away from the home side on Thursday (June 3). New Zealand were bowled out for 378 after lunch as England`s fast bowlers cleaned up the middle order and tail but they were left frustrated by number 11 Neil Wagner (25 not out) who helped Conway set his record score. Conway's 200 is the highest score on debut at Lord`s and the opener reached the milestone with a six over long leg. He nearly carried his bat but became the last wicket to fall when he was run out by mere millimetres. Here we take a look at action from Day Two of the first Test through these collection of pictures.

His teammate Devon Conway’s strategy of pouring dry kitty litter on the track in order to create rough was backed by Nicholls as they are playing at a ‘neutral venue’ which is known to assist the spinners. Nicholls’ sequence of scores in the last three Tests is 174 (vs West Indies), 56, 11 and 157 (vs Pakistan). Before the WTC final, New Zealand will play England at the Lord's in the first of the two Test matches.

Shakib has moved up one position to 22nd spot, while Latham moved up one place to 14th spot in the ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers.