Jan 22/ SL vs Eng : 1st ODI at Colombo / 2.30 pm

Eng in SL white ball only

England's white-ball tour of Sri Lanka

• 1st ODI: January 22, Colombo

• 2nd ODI: January 24, Colombo

• 3rd ODI: January 27, Colombo

• 1st T20I: January 30, Kandy

• 2nd T20I: February 1, Kandy

• 3rd T20I: February 3, Kand

England ODI squad for Sri Lanka tour

Harry Brook (capt), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Luke Wood

Sri Lanka ODI squad : Charith Asalanka (c), Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Pavan Rathnayake, Dhananjaya de Silva, Janith Liyanage, Kamindu Mendis, Dunith Wellalage, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jeffrey Vandersay, Maheesh Theekshana, Milan Rathnayake, Asitha Fernando, Pramod

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Sri Lanka ODI squad vs England: Charith Asalanka (c), Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis, Sadeera Samarawic

SL one day team

This series will be cracker especially ODI

Eng already in SL on jan 18th

Pitch and conditions: Potentially damp in places

Khettarama tends to favour spin at all times of the year, but an especially wet north-east monsoon has perhaps freshened up the square. As usual, there are chances of afternoon showers in Colombo, but January tends to be among the driest months.

Team news: Sydney revisited for England's batters

England have named their XI for first ODI, and it's an Ashes reunion, with six of the top seven having featured in the Sydney Test earlier this month. Jos Buttler is the notable exception to that red-ball rule.

England 1 Zak Crawley, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Joe Root, 4 Jacob Bethell, 5 Harry Brook (capt.), 6 Jos Buttler (wk), 7 Will Jacks, 8 Sam Curran, 9 Jamie Overton, 10 Liam Dawson, 11 Adil Rashid

Sri Lanka will likely have to pick between Kamil Mishara and Sadeera Samarawickrama in the top order. They also have decisions to make around their attack. Asitha Fernando seems the likeliest seamer to play.

Sri Lanka (possible): 1 Pathum Nissanka, 2 Kamil Mishara, 3 Kusal Mendis (wk), 4 Dhananjaya de Silva, 5 Charith Asalanka, 6 Janith Liyanage, 7 Kamindu Mendis, 8 Wanindu Hasaranga, 9 Pramod Madushan/Eshan Malinga/ Milan Rathnayake, 10 Maheesh Theekshana, 11 Asitha Fernando

Stats and trivia

• 💝Since the start of this decade, no batter has been as prolific at No. 5 as Asalanka. He has hit 2619 in that position, during this period. The next-highest runscorer in that position is Heinrich Klaasen, with 1587 runs.
• 💝Harry Brook has never played an ODI in Sri Lanka. In Asia, he averages 22.16 after 12 innings.
• 💝If England win the series 3-0, they will gain three rankings points, but remain in eighth positon. Sri Lanka would lose four points and drop to sixth in that scenario.
• 💝If Sri Lanka win 3-0, they will also stay at fifth, but will gain one rankings point, closing the gap on Pakistan, who are fourth at present. England would stay at eighth but lose three rankings points.

Quotes

"[The decision on] the T20 captaincy it has been made by selectors and I respect that. I'm just focusing on my game, to develop as a batsman, and win games for my country. I agree the last couple of months it's not been the great for me. But I'm looking forward to do my usual things."

Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka

"I want to say sorry to my team-mates, to all the fans that travel far and wide and spend a lot of money on coming out to watch us play cricket, and to the ECB for putting them in a tricky situation, and it'll never happen again. I'm extremely sorry."

England captain Harry Brook dives headlong into an apology for the incident in New Zealand, in his first media appearance in Sri Lanka.

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