England’s trickiest Test dilemma: to stick or twist with Stuart Broad

Joe Root keeps England’s options open as they gear up for the opening Test against Sri Lanka with seamer’s place one of several difficult decisions ahead

If there is no cricket scheduled in Colombo the sun shines obediently. England were able to set to work at the Nondescripts ground in the heart of Colombo with their red balls. On Tuesday they begin the first of two two-day practice matches. These are not first-class games and they may prove to be an ugly spectacle as all the batsmen bat and all the bowlers bowl.

These matches will hardly be a contest; from England’s perspective they are more likely to be a series of little battles between players eager to nail down a place for the first Test in Galle on 6 November.

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