England v Sri Lanka: first men’s one-day cricket international – live

Over-by-over updates, first ODI from 12. 30pm BST Sign up to get The Spin newsletter | And mail Taha The big news this morning is that Mark Wood has called it a day at the highest level. Go to his Cricinfo profile and the numbers won’t jump out … but that doesn’t tell his story.

You’re better off heading to YouTube to watch that spell at Headingley or the one in St Lucia, bowling at absurd pace. The body, inevitably, suffered. He took 18 wickets when England won the 2019 World Cup and nine at 12 when they won the T20 equivalent in 2022. He won the Ashes at home and, while things didn’t work out for the collective, he thrived in Australia, too. Some career. Hello, hello, hello and welcome to the last series of the English summer, stretching its…