England’s touring party in Sri Lanka has been retested for coronavirus after all-rounder Moeen Ali returned a positive result on Monday.

All of the players and staff had a lateral flow test and PCR at England’s base in Hambantota.

The results are expected on Wednesday morning, with England hoping to train for the first time in the afternoon.

Moeen will leave the Hambantota base on Tuesday afternoon to continue his 10-day quarantine in a hotel near Galle.
Fellow all-rounder Chris Woakes was deemed as a possible close contact, having shared a car to the airport with Moeen in the UK, and is observing a period of self-isolation and further testing.

The touring party must remain in their hotel rooms until the results are returned.

Meanwhile, BBC Sport has learned Sri Lanka, who lost the second Test against South Africa in Johannesburg on Tuesday, will not face a 10-day quarantine period upon their return to the country.

They will fly back on a chartered flight and, as they are transferring from one bio-secure bubble to another, a quarantine period has been deemed unnecessary.

They are expected to have PCR tests before being cleared to play in the two-Test series that starts in Galle on 14 January.

Second Test, Hagley Oval, Christchurch (day three of five)
Pakistan 297 (Azhar 93, Jamieson 5-69) & 8-1 (Jamieson 1-1)
New Zealand 659-6 dec (Williamson 238, Nicholls 157, Mitchell 102)
Pakistan trail New Zealand by 354 runs with 9 wickets remaining

ICC World Test Championship standings showing.
Australia 0.766
India 0.722
New Zealand 0.667
England 0.608
Pakistan 0.346
South Africa 0.280
Sri Lanka 0.267
West Indies 0.111
Bangladesh 0.000
The scores show the side’s PCT, which is points earned v points available

not 2021 but just found this in ourchive

that CRT ah those were the days

SCIENCE said:

not 2021 but just found this in ourchive

that CRT ah those were the days

Just looked up the scorecard, it was 2004.

England bowled out for 285 and then had to follow-on. They managed to draw the game at 5/422 in their second innings. Still 45 runs shy of West Indies first innings score. Have to think that batting on for 750 was a mistake that cost them the match.

Second Test, Galle (day four of five)
Sri Lanka 381 (Mathews 110, Anderson 6-40) & 126 (Bess 4-49, Leach 4-59)
England 344 (Root 186, Embuldeniya 7-137) & 164-4 (Sibley 56*, Buttler 46*)
England won by six wickets
Scorecard
England completed a thrilling victory on day four of the second Test against Sri Lanka to take the series 2-0.

Chasing a tricky 164, England were 89-4 on a turning pitch but opener Dom Sibley hit 56 not out to lead them to a six-wicket win.

Sibley, who had not reached double figures in the series, put on 75 with Jos Buttler, who made 46 not out.

Earlier, England capitalised on reckless batting to dismiss Sri Lanka for 126 in their second innings.

Dom Bess and Jack Leach took four wickets each and the hosts would have been dismissed even more cheaply but for 40 from number 10 Lasith Embuldeniya, who finished with match figures of 10-210.

Resuming on 339-9 in their first innings, England conceded a first-innings deficit of 37 when Jack Leach was dismissed with only five runs added.

Sri Lanka were favourites at that point but England completed a turnaround on a dramatic day when 15 wickets fell.

The series win is England’s fourth in a row and they are also unbeaten in 10 successive Tests under Joe Root’s captaincy, going into a difficult series in India which starts on 5 February.

England are fourth in the World Test Championship table, 0.5% behind third-placed Australia.

Reaction and analysis from England’s victory
Test Championship standings: 1. India, 2. New Zealand, 3. Australia, 4. England, 5. South Africa
The World Test Championship is based on the percentage of points won from those available, because of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the calendar. The top two teams will compete in the final this summer.