[Lord Snooty]

Sri Lanka v England

The 5th ODI match
Wednesday December 10th
at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy.
starting at 14:30 local time, 09:00 GMT.

Three matches left in the series and England need to win them all to win it. One more Sri Lankan win will secure the series for them as they lead 3-1.
The home side have Sachitra Senanayake available again after he had his ban for a suspect action lifted. He replaces the injured Rangana Herath in the squad.

James Taylor is unlikely to be dropped after his 90 in replacing skipper Alistair Cook in the last match. So Cook's return could mean that Alex Hales is once again sidelined. Ben Stokes hasn't performed well at all but with the World Cup being in Australia, the scene of his only triumphs in an England shirt, the selectors may stick with him. On the other hand, they may have seen enough and go back to the spin of James Tredwell.


England squad: Alastair Cook ©, Moeen Ali, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Jos Buttler (w), Steven Finn, Harry Gurney, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Eoin Morgan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, James Taylor, James Tredwell, Chris Woakes.

Sri Lanka squad: Angelo Mathews ©, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kusal Perera, Kumar Sangakkara (w), Mahela Jayawardena, Lahiru Thirimanne, Jeevan Mendis, Dilruwan Perera, Ajantha Mendis, Dhammika Prasad, Thisara Perera, Lahiru Gamage, Lakshan Sandakan, Ashan Priyanjan, Suranga Lakmal, Sachitra Senanayake.

Scorecard