08:59
08:51
08:39
Rain delay
Updated
08:38
08:36
08:32
08:29
08:28
WICKET! Binura Fernando c Bairstow b Tom Curran 7, Sri Lanka 124-8
08:23
08:20
08:17
WICKET! Karunaratne c Bairstow b Tom Curran 11, Sri Lanka 116-7
Updated
08:13
08:10
08:07
Updated
08:04
Updated
07:58
07:55
07:52
Updated
07:45
07:43
07:39
WICKET! Hasaranga c Willey b Tom Curran 20, Sri Lanka 87-6
Updated
07:35
07:30
07:26
07:23
07:18
Updated
07:14
07:09
WICKET! Oshada Fernando c Woakes b Tom Curran 18, Sri Lanka 63-5
Updated
07:06
07:03
07:00
06:55
06:50
06:45
06:44
WICKET! de Silva c Rashid b Woakes 4, Sri Lanka 42-4
Updated
06:41
06:37
WICKET! Nissanka c Bairstow b Willey 6, Sri Lanka 33-3
Updated
06:35
06:29
06:26
WICKET! Avishka Fernando lbw Willey 14, Sri Lanka 29-2
Updated
06:22
06:20
06:14
06:12
WICKET! Kusal Perera b Woakes 9, Sri Lanka 19-1
Updated
06:09
06:05
05:50
Teams
05:45
England win the toss and will bowl
Updated
05:32
The toss is delayed
05:21
Get in touch
05:21
Preamble
Thus we come to one final chance for a pretty fragile Sri Lankan team to get a win on this tour to England. They got bowled out cheaply in one of the T20s and got choked out in the other two. Knocked over for nothing much in the first ODI, went a bit better in the second, but on neither occasion could hold England back in a run chase. This current team has the makings of a decent bowling outfit, all of whom tried hard, but the batting went from questionable to largely absent with three senior players sent home for breaching health rules.
England, on the other hand, have a settled and experienced spread of contributors in whom they have full confidence. Roy, Bairstow, Root, Morgan makes for reassuring reading for local supporters. With the series won, this match might be a chance for young players Tom Banton and George Garton to get a run.
Lots of rain forecast, too. We should get a couple of hours in at the start, but whether we’ll get back on later in the day is anybody’s guess. Expect overs to be reduced.