During Sri Lanka's second innings, the decision to give house edge a successor was a harmony.
England found themselves on the right part of a basketball change for the next day in a test summer.
After the 41st over of Sri Lanka's next pitches on day two of this first Exam at Emirates Old Trafford, standing officials Chris Gaffaney and Paul Reiffel agreed to the guests ' demand to swap out a rumpled Dukes game. Sri Lanka were 146 for 4 at the time, but they had a slim prospect of 24 with Kamindu Mendis and Angelo Mathews certainly out on 59.
The bowlers were reinstated in the game thanks to a firmer game and a prouder hole. The former was squared up by Chris Woakes and caught at gully to stop the fifth-wicket stand at 78 to claim the beloved wicket from Mathews in the tenth over.
England did have a lot of chances with the alternative ball, despite just going on to add one more wicket before the game was over. Joe Root and Gus Atkinson both bowled Matthew Potts and Matthews ( on 65 ), both of whom were dropped at first slip and gully, respectively. Two lbw decisions were made in Woakes ' favor as a result of the more movement into the left-handers, just for reviews to reveal inside corners from Kamindu and Milan Rathnayake, who held a 56-game winning streak overnight.
Ironically, Woakes was also the primary beneficiary of next month's questionable game change during the fifth and final Ashes Test at the Kia Oval, which turned a anxious last innings England's way to secure a 2-2 series draw. Australia opening Usman Khawaja queried the move to a newer, harder game at the time, which did not reflect the one that had been in use for the past 37 innings.
The change was described as" a huge blunder that needs to be investigated," according to Ricky Ponting. Owner of British Cricket Limited, the maker of the Dukes ' game, Dilip Jajodia, vowed to conduct independent investigation while attempting to refute speculation that a five-year-old alternative ball might have been used.
Sri Lanka, nevertheless, appeared to have no such problems at trees on Friday. Former England worldwide Ian Bell, who is working with Sri Lanka as their batting coach for this excursion, understood the ball change given the state of the hole on the classic, while accepting the change in circumstances contributed to more challenging bowling problems. He also urged consistency in his adopted team's approach to upcoming series ball changes.
" ]It is ] unfortunate, but the team are in good spirits", Bell said. " I do n't think they worried too much about that or are moaning about that. I think it's about accepting that and trying to put as many runs on tomorrow to put England under a bit of pressure in the last innings.
" The lights did come on. The clouds rolled over. And that's the beauty of playing cricket in England- you have to adapt to conditions. But again, England put the ball in the right areas.
" In England that can happen. All you ask for is that ]it ] is consistent for both teams. In the first innings, we tried to change it a few times, but they never did. But the seam did look pretty awful on that last ball, and unfortunately, you have to accept in these conditions a ball change can swing around".
England centurion Jamie Smith, who had a good gauge on the new ball from his position as wicketkeeper, echoed Bell's sentiments. He also credited Woakes for making the best use of conditions.
" It's difficult to tell because the overheads and lights started to appear after the ball was changed, which kind of coincided with both," he said. If there's one man to exploit them conditions, it's Chris Woakes. Any extra zip, it's him who was going to find it".
England will update Mark Wood's fitness on Saturday morning after the quick-fired discomfort he experienced in his right thigh during his third over when he ran in for the third ball of his 11th. Joe Root bowled the remainder of the over, snaring Rathnayake with his second delivery.
Dinesh Chandimal retired hurt on 10 after being struck on the right thumb by an 89-mph delivery from Wood, which brought him back to middle. After being taken to a hospital where X-rays revealed no break, Chandimal was able to return to the ground and play his innings again. A lofted four over mid-on from the day's final ball, which gave Sri Lanka 204 for 6 and an 82-run lead, allayed his concerns about his batting potential.
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