
England take on Sri Lanka in the fourth quarter-final match at Colombo
By CricketCountry Staff
Colombo: Mar 26, 2011
England captain Andrew Strauss won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in their World Cup quarter-final match at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
England have named an unchanged team that won the last game against West Indies while Sri Lanka have brought in an extra spinner – including Rangana Herath in place of seamer Nuwan Kulasekera.
Teams:
Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (c&wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Silva, Angelo Mathews, Rangana Herath, Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan.
England: Andrew Strauss (c), Ian Bell, Jonathan Trott, Ravi Bopara, Eoin Morgan, Matthew Prior (wk), Luke Wright, Tim Bresnan, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Chris Tremlett.
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