***England vs Sri Lanka***1st of 5 ODI Live

Tuesday, June 28, The Oval
Start time 1300 (1200 GMT)

Team news as per cricinfo...
Andrew Strauss's ODI retirement means there will be no change more notable than the one at the top of the order, where Cook will be reunited with his opening partner from last year's tour of Bangladesh, Craig Kieswetter. Of the two rookies who opened the bowling in the Twenty20, Chris Woakes seems the likelier to make way for the returning James Anderson, which means Jade Dernbach should make his ODI debut on his home ground. Tim Bresnan's late inclusion in the squad could squeeze Samit Patel out of the starting XI, despite his five-wicket haul on this ground against South Africa in 2008.

England (probable) 1 Craig Kieswetter (wk), 2 Alastair Cook (capt), 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Ian Bell, 7 Samit Patel/Tim Bresnan, 8 Graeme Swann, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 James Anderson, 11 Jade Dernbach.

Sri Lanka had good news late on Monday when Tillakaratne Dilshan was passed fit after his broken thumb and he'll open with Sanath Jayasuriya, meaning Mahela Jayawardene reverts to his middle-order role. Angelo Mathews is still doubtful to bowl and Dilshan may not be risked with the ball, either.

Sri Lanka (probable) 1 Sanath Jayasuriya, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan (capt) 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Thilina Kandamby, 6 Angelo Mathews, 7 Thisara Perera, 8 Nuwan Kulasekera, 9 Suranga Lakmal, 10 Suraj Randiv, 11 Lasith Malinga,

Pitch and conditions
London's dank June has given way to a mini-heatwave in the two days leading up to the start of the match, although that is all set to end with thunderstorms forecast for Monday evening. The wet weather should have cleared sufficiently to allow a prompt start at 1pm, but the clouds may still be lingering.

Preview cricinfo link...
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/current/story/520960.html


Your take on the match......

SL may prove too strong for the UN team in the ODIs

SL have won the toss and will bowl. Cook admits he'd have bowled first too as the pitch has a bit of a green tinge apparently. Dernbach in, more news to follow shortly...

Sri Lanka win the toss and elect to field first. Come on England! Here are the confirmed teams:

England 1 Craig Kieswetter (wk), 2 Alastair Cook (capt), 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Ian Bell, 7 Tim Bresnan, 8 Graeme Swann, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 James Anderson, 11 Jade Dernbach.

Sri Lanka 1 Sanath Jayasuriya, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan (capt) 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Thilina Kandamby, 6 Angelo Mathews, 7 Jeevan Mendis, 8 Nuwan Kulasekera, 9 Suranga Lakmal, 10 Suraj Randiv, 11 Lasith Malinga,

Good chance of rain from 17:00 onwards meaning DuckWorth Lewis may come into play - bad for the side batting first of course.

full teams:

England 1 Craig Kieswetter (wk), 2 Alastair Cook (capt), 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Ian Bell, 7 Tim Bresnan, 8 Graeme Swann, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 James Anderson, 11 Jade Dernbach.

Sri Lanka 1 Sanath Jayasuriya, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan (capt) 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Thilina Kandamby, 6 Angelo Mathews, 7 Jeevan Mendis, 8 Nuwan Kulasekera, 9 Suranga Lakmal, 10 Suraj Randiv, 11 Lasith Malinga.

Pretty pleased with that, glad that Bell is in there instead of Bopara, and if they're expecting a seaming pitch then Bresnan ahead of Patel is the logical choice.

So is 250 a good score then? A combination of it being green and heavy cloud means Jimmy A and Bresnan might prosper along with Dernbach and Broad if they get their radar right. My prediction:

England 221 (all out)

SL 183 (all out)

i think batting first is fine at the oval so small green tinge, oval is always very good for batting and turns later in the game

hey CF how's it going? Be interesting to see how Cook gets on. Bit worried by England's longish looking tail, but just noticed SL have Matthews at 6, which means their tail must be pretty long too. Also Randiv is playing, so they still can't decide on who their best spinner is...

Play suspended at Wimbledon because of rain, guessing it's not too long before rain at the Oval then.

And on come the covers! That's the story of the entire tour so far!

We're in a drought though, aren't we!? Maybe they forgot to look outside.

If there is much play i cant see England winning to be honest. SL are a very good limited overs side.

It will be interesting to see if Broad does well here as he must be under some pressure.

#finally realises theres a game on #

Oops Have I missed anything . ODI is low prioirity ckt.

covers of, play due to start at 1.25

Cook has 5 off 2 balls, who said he was too slow for ODIs?

Cook out, caught down the leg side, unlucky!

Cant watch the game as still at work. Cheers for the updates MfC

Going by cricinfo, Trott has started well

yep he has billy, though SL have rather fed his leg side play

I'm at home, 300 yards away from the Oval, and I keep hearing thunder. Not looking good out there...

Why was Malinga taken off straight after taking a wicket? Can he only bowl in short bursts now?

Rain

Thats good to hear that he is MfC. I hope he gets a good score at a good RR to shut a few of his doubters up.

covers back on,rain still coming down thundering too

rain comes, Eng 35/1 after 7

Only the 4 South African's and an Irishman playing for England today. Sri Lanka went for 11 Sri Lankan's.

dublfcynwa wrote:Only the 4 South African's and an Irishman playing for England today. Sri Lanka went for 11 Sri Lankan's.

Allow me to applaud you on such a well thought out and concise post, that is completely on topic and not in any way nonsensical.

Lord give me strength.

Post of the day is that.

Really hope this place doesn't turn into the WUM central that 606 was...

No tolerance policy by the mods needs to be taken.

Don't worry lads, it won't.

No danger of that happening guys, I'm a right miserable git.

I'm slightly more upbeat...

Haha, in all seriousness guys, with any suspected wum attempts rather than getting into an insulting match with them, just make them look stupid through use of facts and articulate posts, I find they soon clear off when that happens.

Or just ignore them all together, they can't thrive off reaction when nobody is giving them attention.

The best thing about the rained off match today? Deciding to flick to the tennis and watch Lisicki power through. What a match

restart at 5pm, 32 overs a side, 7 mandatory powerplay overs + 3 each batting and bowling.

Glad we're getting some play Looking forward to Dernbach bowling later. First real test for him...

Also am I the only one who thought Patel should have played? Possibly instead of KP?

defo not instead of KP gregers, the balance would be all wrong. If he were to play it would have to be instead of one of the bowlers. Plus KP is in decent nick right now (even though you don't like him)

Trott with his fourth boundary, England 42/1

Kieswetter has hit a six over long-on - England on the attack as Trott follows up with a 4. Strange though it is I feel the shortened game has helped England.

Trott gone, LBW to a good yorker from Lakmal, England 53-2

Prob out, can you give it?

Apparently not... Fair enough, just. Great dive by KP...

England going along quite well now which is good to see.

yeah it was a great dive, and I agree it was probably out, but the benefit has to go to the batsman there I think no frame showing him short with the bails off

Quite smart from England to take the PP, trying to use up as much of Malinga as possible?

Getting up to 200 will be a good score won't it?

200 would be pretty good I agree, DL should push it up a bit too

50 for Kieswetter brought up with another clubbing six. England 104/2 after 15 overs.