ENG vs SL Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Lord's– 2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of England 2024

Lord's Stadium in London is set to witness another clash between England and Sri Lanka during the ongoing Test series. ENG vs SL 2nd Test of Sri Lanka tour of England 2024 starts on Thursday.

Ollie Pope and Dhananjaya de Silva lead Sri Lanka and England respectively in the series. Ahead of their next clash, below we glance at England vs Sri Lanka weather and pitch reports for the 2nd Test.

ENG vs SL Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Lord's– 2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of England 2024

ENG vs SL Weather Report Of Lord's

The ENG vs SL 2nd Test takes place in London, United Kingdom on Thursday, August 29.

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According to weather reports, the temperature of the city on Thursday will be 23° Celcius during the day and fall to 11° Celcius at night.

The sky will be partly cloudy during the day and night. The chance of rain is 7% during the day and 5% at night. The humidity will be between 57% to 70% during the day and night.

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ENG vs SL Pitch Analysis

The England vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test takes place at Lord's in London. According to stats, it is a good scoring ground in Tests. The average 1st and 2nd innings totals are 309 and 300 respectively.

The highest-ever total at the stadium is 729/6, piled up by Australia in a clash against England. Hence, Lord's has been a good scoring ground during its history.

Out of 146 Tests at the stadium, teams batting first won 52 games while teams batting second won 43 matches. Hence, there has been equal support to both teams at Lord's in the longest format.

Lord's pitch is quite balanced and offers support to both seamers and spinners. Seamers enjoy the high wind movements in the United Kingdom while spinners enjoy turning tracks as the match progresses.

However, England pitches always offer a little bit more support to seamers. Hence, seamers will dominate in the match.

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Weather Impact

The ENG vs SL 2nd Test Day 1 takes place on Thursday, August 29 in Lord's. Since the chance of rain is just 7% to 5% throughout the day, the match will not be affected by rain.

Conclusion

The England vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test at Lord's will not be affected by rain on Day 1. There is very little chance of rain in the upcoming days too due to the ongoing summer season in England.

The pitch will support seamers and batters will also smack big totals. Lord's has been the most balanced pitch in the United Kingdom.