Ian Bell, the ex-English cricketer has been appointed as Sri Lanka new red ball batting coach. Everyone is contesting for the remaining matches of the World Test Championship, with England again being one of those sides that are competing for the most matches in the longest format of the game. Sri Lanka, which has played the fewest matches, will be on their tour to England to compete against the Three Lions. The Lankan players are unaware of the recent conditions at the pitches across England. Even the legendary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanath_Jayasuriya">Sanath Jayasuriya,</a> who has been placed as their interim coach, might need someone?s expertise in the area. Ex-English batsman Ian Bell retired internationally from cricket in 2020, and since then he has not bid adieu to the game with his several stints as a coach. Bell has been in the front with both domestic as well as national sides across the world, and this has only added to his brilliance as well as experience. 



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 "We appointed Ian to bring in a person with local knowledge to help the players with key insights on the conditions there. Ian has a lot of experience playing in England, and we believe his inputs will help our team in this crucial tour," 
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 Starting his coaching career with the England U-19 Men?s team, he has been in the deck for the Three Lions. Domestically as well, Bell has been an asset for many sides across formats, as he served either as an assistant coach or a batting consultant for Derbyshire, the Hobart Hurricanes, and the Melbourne Renegades as well. 



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 Sri Lanka reported their squad for the England tour, while Dhananjaya de Silva has been announced as their skipper to lead them across the 3 tests to be played at Manchester, Lord's, and the Oval. Let?s see what special Bell can bring to the Lankan side.

SL vs ENG: Ian Bell has been appointed Sri Lanka's batting coach for the upcoming tour

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ENG vs SL: The English are hosting the Sri Lanka team for a three-match test series at home, with the first having already been played in Manchester. The English as well as the visitors made some undeniably great attempts from their end, but in the end, there could only be a single winner, and it was rightly the English. However, despite the English?s win, no one could forget the wonderful debut innings the Sri Lanka no. 9 Milan Rathnayake played at Old Trafford. His 72-run knock broke the long-standing record of 41 years, which was set by Balwinder Singh Sandhu in 1983 on his test debut as a no. 9. To follow the great knock, English wicketkeeper-batsman Jamie Smith responded with his stunning maiden Test century. Later, Sri Lankan veterans Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal, despite injuries, sustained the English attack and stood alongside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamindu_Mendis">Kamindu Mendis</a>, who scored a brilliant hundred. 



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 However, England, on the back of their most legitimate batter, Joe Root?s 50, earned another home win by 5 wickets. Now with Mark Wood ruled out of the rest of the series, Josh Hull selected as his replacement, and Olly Stone probably looking forward to a test return, England will surely have some changes to their squad. 



<div class="wp-block-rank-math-toc-block" id="rank-math-toc"><nav><ul><li class=""><a href="#lets-have-a-look-at-englands-probable-playing-xi-for-the-2nd-test">Let?s have a look at England's probable playing XI for the 2nd Test: </a></li><li class=""><a href="#sri-lanka-probable-playing-xi-ahead-of-the-2nd-test">Sri Lanka probable playing XI ahead of the 2nd test: </a></li></ul></nav></div>



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Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Olly Stone, Matthew Potts, and Shoaib Bashir. England will probably not be making many changes to their squad, as they just have a 13-member squad, of which Cox cannot replace Jamie after his sizzling ton recently, and Josh Hull has recently been brought into the side, with the only change being injured Mark Wood being replaced by Olly Stone. 



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Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kamindu Mendis, Milan Rathnayake, Vishwa Fernando, Asitha Fernando, and Lahiru Kumara. Some eminent changes might be seen in the Sri Lankan team, as Madushka might be dropped after a stint of low scores, while Sadeera Samarawickrama might come in his place. While Jayasuriya might be dropped due to not-so-suitable pitches for multiple spin options, instead Lahiru Kumara?s raw pace can come in handy at Lord?s.

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