ENG vs SL: Josh Hull announced as Wood's replacement for the remaining two tests. England will play their 3-match test series, as of which the first match has been played and England secured a win early on. With the other two tests scheduled to be played in Lord?s and the Oval, England will end their summer with the final test from September 6th to 10th. In the recently concluded tests, Sri Lankan players did give the Englishmen a firm resistance before the hosts secured a win. However, in the game, England pacer Mark Wood suffered an injury while bowling in the second innings against the Lankans. 



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 Mark Wood seemed to struggle bowling his 11th over in the 2nd inning, while Wood left the field after aborting his run-up. Wood was also not seen on the field at the start of Day 4, and then post-scans, the ECB confirmed that the 34-year-old will not be able to feature in the series any further. With <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olly_Stone">Olly Stone</a> already in the team as their backup reserved pacer, the ECB still had to name a new inclusion in place of the injured Wood. For the same England has considered young Leicestershire left-arm pacer Josh Hull and has given him his maiden test call. 



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Josh Hull was named as Mark Wood?s replacement</h2>



Hull is an exciting English prospect; at 20 he produces a raw pace, sometimes excelling with a pace above 90 MPH. He was seen playing for the England Lions against Sri Lanka in their only warm-up match, as he struck five times across two innings. Though his County performance has been very modest with just 16 wickets, his run in the Metro Bank One Day Cup and later his debut this time in The Hundred for the Manchester Originals have brought him to sheer limelight. 



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 "It's come around pretty quickly; I didn't think it would happen this fast, but I am really excited to be joining them." "I was happy with how I performed [for the England Lions], but I never thought it would lead to a call this early. They've got Olly Stone there as the first replacement, so it will be a great opportunity to join up and be part of that environment." 
<cite>Said by Josh Hull to BBC Radio Leicester</cite></blockquote>

ENG vs SL: Josh Hull receives maiden test call after Mark Wood's injury

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ENG vs SL: England has already sealed the series, and what awaits them is the third match, which might see England experimenting as well as Joe Root fancying to take his records further. The first two matches saw England dominate from different fronts, as both teams had some of their most eminent players performing. Though Sri Lanka could show some resistance in the first test, they highly underperformed in the second test. Joe Root has been one of the record-breaking scorers for the English side as he leveled up his tally of most test hundreds for England alongside former skipper Alastair Cook with 33 in the first inning. While in the second inning, he again scored a tough hundred, his 34th, that took him to be England?s highest hundred-getter across all formats. He is also only a few runs behind going past Kumara Sangakara and Alastair Cook, which will make him England?s highest run-getter; however, what awaits him is his outing against the Lankans in the final test at The Oval. 



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 Root is now ranked the world?s no. 1 ranked ICC Test batter, with his current rating points being 922, while he has the chance of breaking Australia?s legend, Don Bradman?s long-standing record of highest ICC ranking points of 961 for the first time in nearly a century. 



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ENG vs SL: Root has a chance to break the long-standing record of Don Bradman's all-time highest Test ranking points this season

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Quinton de Kock, who scored an unbeaten 97 runs, slammed Rajasthan Royals bowlers all over the park.

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RR managed only 151 after losing quick wickets. KKR chased comfortably, with de Kock anchoring the innings and Raghuvanshi supporting well. Rajasthan’s spin strategy backfired as KKR secured a dominant victory.

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Riyan Parag, who has been appointed as the Rajasthan Royals for three games, lost the second game on the trot as the captain.

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Quinton de Kock came up with a brilliant effort behind the stumps to remove Riyan Parag.

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