In this match too, England team is performing as well as in the previous matches, they have already scored 221 runs for just 3 wickets and if this continues, they will probably cross 400 runs easily today. But it is sad but true that such a good running match is being delayed due to bad light and that too at one of the best stadium Oval in London.
But anyway for today's match I am confident that England team will beat Sri Lanka and that too by a big margin if the match is not canceled due to weather issue or any other reason. So I can close my eyes and bet on England in this match.
Only 44 overs were possible on day1, as a result of rain interruption. Ollie Pope looked good out there, and he is batting on 103, with Harry Brook at the other end. Jamie Smith is to come next, and he has been in terrific form recently. At the moment, his test average stands at 50.50. And need to mention the 86 from Ben Duckett as well. He was the one who was aggressive early on. Each and every bowler failed from the Lankan side, although Lahiru Kumara picked up two wickets (after going at 7 per over).
Yes, on the first day of this test match, it is possible to play the match up to 1 ball only 44 overs. Otherwise if we had seen an uninterrupted session of six hours I think we would have seen over 400 runs today.
The way the Australian team is batting confirms that they can cross 400 tomorrow. I am confident about this. Also I would expect Ollie Pope to score a double century and another player to score another century along with it. The way they are batting, it looks like they are playing an ODI series. In any case, it is confirmed that Sri Lanka will be whitewashed in this Test series by England team.
