England fast bowler Mark Wood has been ruled out of the ongoing Test series against Sri Lanka due to a hamstring injury. Leicestershire's young fast bowler Josh Hull has been included in the squad in place of Wood for the remaining two matches of the series. In the first match of the series played at Manchester ground, the England team defeated Sri Lanka by 5 wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the series. The second match of the series will be played at Lord's from August 29. Mark Wood was injured and left the field on the third day of the first Test of the series due to a muscle strain. He did not bowl again in the match after this. He has a thigh injury in his right leg. So he is out of the Test series. Who is Josh Hull? Josh Hull is a 20-year-old left-arm fast bowler who plays for Leicestershire. His height is 6 feet 7 inches. Hull has been selected in the senior England squad for the first time. However, before the start of the series, Hull was part of the England Lions squad in a practice match against Sri Lanka. He took a total of 5 wickets in this match. England lead 1-0 in the series The England team has taken a 1-0 lead in the ongoing 3-match Test series against Sri Lanka. In the first innings of this match, Sri Lanka scored 236 runs with the help of captain Dhananjay de Silva (74 runs) and Milan Ratnayake (72 runs) half-centuries. In response, the English team scored 358 runs on the basis of Jamie Smith's century (111 runs) and took a lead of 122 runs in the first innings. After falling behind in the first innings, the Sri Lankan team came to bat in the second innings with the help of a century by Kamindu Mendis (113 runs) and scored 326 runs on the board and set England a target of 205 runs. Fourth innings. But due to Joe Root's unbeaten century innings (62 runs), the England team achieved the target with the loss of 5 wickets.
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