Building Sri Lanka up for first test against Inform Hosts

             It's time for some Test Cricket as T20 going round the world, the new energy bubbling in the English camp after an fassinating 2015-16 season. Now they face on sri lanka who had contrast season altogether, at Headingley in first of the 3 test match series on Thursday.
              It has been after the correlative series where things started to change for England in a big way, they lost the Ashes to Australia with 5-0 and later back at  home lost to sri lanka 1-0 and that defeat  made them to rethink about their ongoing structure.
              Things got to change, they won against India and drawn against West Indies and New Zealand. Later the Ashes victory at home boosted their confidence even more, but lost only to Pakistan in UAE with 2-1 in unfamiliar conditions. Although came back strong defeating No.1 ranked Proteas at their home turf.
               On the other side Sri Lanka hadn't had much success away from home after the series win against England in England, they lost to New Zealand twice in their  visit to kiwi nation and at home won against Pakistan in 2014 and West Indies in 2015 apart from that the losses came in big way against South Africa, Pakistan and India.
               Although Lankans going through some rebuilding process after the retirement of Sangakara and Jayawardene, but couldn't find settled batting order alongside Mathews and Chandimal.
               While England found some settled players over a year an half in the form of Root and Bairstow, Ali and Stokes adding the depth with bat and ball strengthening the  core of the team. While Hales still to make a point in longer format at the top order.
               Meanwhile bowling is formidable with the duo Anderson and broad, the lites of Finn also striking hard in recent times. On the other hand sri lankan pace attack quietly inexperienced, but Cheermana impressed in hurring  the batsmen for pace and with Lakmal, Eranga and Prasad in the ranks will help their bowling alongside experienced campaigner Herath.
               The pitch at Headingley produced results more often than not and it's likely to offer enough movement for pacers throughout the contest with testing batsmen technique with it's lively grass.
              England likely to cap James Vince in the middle order, while Jacob Ball should wait for his turn. On the other side All-rounder Dasun Shanaka likely to make his debut and Prasad’s injury will make them hard to replace.
              So with the form England are going through will consider themselves as favourites, but Sri Lanka being underdogs can't be taken out of the Contest Coz they can show glimpse of triumph with the young energy. At the end the contest lies heavily between unsettled Sri Lankan batsmen and formidable English bowlers.