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VIDEO – James Anderson Rings The Iconic Bell In Manchester To Mark The Start Of ENG vs SL 1st Test

By Unnati Madan
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Former England bowler James Anderson rang the iconic bell at Emirates Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester on Wednesday, August 21st, to signal the start of the opening Test match in the three-match series between England and Sri Lanka.

James Anderson Rang The Bell In Manchester

James Anderson, who retired from international cricket after the first Test match against the West Indies last month, has taken up the coaching role to train the English bowlers.

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Meanwhile, as the game started, Sri Lankan captain Dhananjaya de Silva won the toss and elected to bat first. To kickstart the proceedings, James Anderson performed the honor of ringing the bell.

Watch the video of James Anderson ringing the iconic bell:

James Anderson bid farewell to cricket after playing for England’s national cricket team for 21 years. He retired from the game as the third-highest wicket-taker in the history of Test cricket, trailing only Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne.

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During his glorious career, Anderson picked 704 wickets in 188 Tests, including 32 five-wicket hauls. In addition, Anderson also featured in 194 ODIs and 19 T20Is.

Talking about the match, though Sri Lanka won the toss, however, the kickstarted the game on the worst-possible note as they lost opener Dimuth Karunaratne for just two runs off 18 balls. Dimuth was dismissed by Gus Atkinson in the sixth over.

Chris Woakes then struck twice in the following over, putting England in a difficult situation. Woakes first got rid of Nishan Madushka for four runs and then removed Angelo Mathews for a duck off five balls.

At the time of writing this article, Sri Lanka was 37-2 after 12 overs, with Dinesh Chandimal and Kusal Mendis at the crease for the visitors.

ENGLAND PLAYING XI FOR THE FIRST ENG vs SL TEST

Dan Lawrence, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (captain), Joe Root, Harry Brook (vice-captain), Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Matthew Potts, Mark Wood, Shoaib Bashir.

SRI LANKA PLAYING XI FOR THE FIRST ENG vs SL TEST

Dimuth Karunaratne, Nishan Madushka, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal(WK), Dhananjaya de Silva(c), Kamindu Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Asitha Fernando, Vishwa Fernando, Milan Priyanath Rathnayake

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