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Woakes picked up a double-wicket maiden as the tourists slumped to six for three.

There is something about politics that lends itself to cricketing metaphors. Perhaps it is because the sport – and we're really talking about test cricket here – is so often bursting with narrative. A game played over five days allows time for story lines, both the heroic and mundane, to…

The tourists struggled to 80 for five after opting to bat first at Emirates Old Trafford.

Players will wear black armbands throughout the First Test

Graham Thorpe took his own life at the age of 55

England appear to have stopped looking for a replacement for Ben Stokes - at least in the short-term

Sri Lanka recovered from 6-3 to post 236 at Old Trafford before England reached 22-0 when bad light stopped play

Captain Ollie Pope has spoken of his admiration for the former player and batting mentor.

England’s stand-in Test captain has a weakened team under him for the first Test against Sri Lanka

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Ollie Pope steps in as skipper in the absence of Ben Stokes and Dan Lawrence gets the chance to impress.