Sri Lanka bat first in 6th ODI
December 13, 2014 10:16 am
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat in the sixth ODI against England in Pallekele on Saturday. Sri Lanka are currently leading the series 3-2 while England will be aiming to come back on level terms after their moral boosting win at the same venue on Thursday.
England made no changes to the team while Sri Lanka have dropped Kusal Perera and brought in Dinesh Chandimal. Suranga Lakmal replaces Dhammika Prasad while Seekkuge Prasanna comes in for Ajantha Mendis.
Playing XIs
Sri Lanka
1 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 2 Dinesh Chandimal, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Angelo Mathews (c), 6 Lahiru Thirimanne, 7 Seekkuge Prasanna 8 Jeevan Mendis, 9 Thisara Perera, 10 Sachithra Senanayake, 11 Suranga Lakmal
England
1 Alastair Cook (c), 2 Moeen Ali, 3 James Taylor, 4 Joe Root, 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Jos Buttler (wk), 7 Ravi Bopara, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Chris Jordan, 10 James Tredwell, 11 Steven Finn.
