ENG vs SL 1st Test: Sri Lanka bowled out for just 236, England's great start

The three-match Test series between Sri Lanka and England has begun. A match of this series is being played at the Old Trafford ground in Manchester. On the first day of this match, host England bowled out the first innings of the Sri Lanka cricket team for just 236 runs. Shoaib Bashir and Chris Woakes took 3-3 wickets for England. By the close of play on the first day, England have scored 22 without loss in 4 overs, with Ben Duckett batting at 13 and Daniel Lawrence on 9. England will look to get a big lead against Sri Lanka today.

After winning the toss and batting first, Sri Lanka had a really bad start. They lost both of their openers, Nishan Madushka and Karunaratne, together with Angelo Mathews, when the scoreboard read just 6 runs. After this, captain Dhananjay de Silva scored 74 and Milan Rathnayake, making his debut, scored 72 runs to take the team's score past 200. For England, Shoaib Bashir made a decent impact as he grabbed three wickets for 55 runs in his quota of 23 overs while Woakes took three wickets for 32 runs in 11 overs.

Till stumps on the first day of the Manchester Test, England put 22 runs on the scoreboard in their first innings in 4 overs without losing any wickets. Ben Duckett is playing after scoring 13 and Daniel Lawrence is playing after scoring 9 runs. Today, on the second day, England's team will come out with the intention of getting a big lead against Sri Lanka.