World T20: England win toss and let Sri Lanka to bat first
Pallekele, Sri Lanka: England won the toss and chose to bowl first in a must-win Super Eight match of the Twenty20 World Cup in Pallekele on Monday.
England left out Craig Kieswetter and brought in Ravi Bopara. Akila Dananjaya is also back for Sri Lanka after trying to catch Martin Guptill’s drive with his eye socket in Sri Lanka’s first Super Eight match, replacing Rangana Herath.
Team:
SRI LANKA:
DPMD Jayawardene*, AD Mathews, LD Chandimal, A Dananjaya, TM Dilshan, RMS Eranga, HMRKB Herath, KMDN Kulasekara, SL Malinga, BAW Mendis, BMAJ Mendis, EMDY Munaweera, NLTC Perera, KC Sangakkara, HDRL Thirimanne.
ENGLAND:
SCJ Broad, JM Bairstow, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, DR Briggs, JC Buttler, JW Dernbach, ST Finn, AD Hales, C Kieswetter, MJ Lumb, EJG Morgan, SR Patel, GP Swann, LJ Wright. (REUTERS)
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