SL vs ENGStuart Broad has joined the party for England. The young seamer has snapped up Thilan Samaraweera to land Sri Lanka in a hot soup. Sri Lanka were in deep trouble early when they lost Jayasuriya, Dilshan, Jayawarene and Sangakkara in quick succession, with virtually nothing on the board.
The Toss
England have won the toss and elected to field against Sri Lanka in their ICC Champions Trophy opener.
England's batsmen have been swotting up on how to tackle Sri Lanka matchwinner Ajantha Mendis ahead of their initiation today. Mendis, 24, has made mincemeat of teams in his first appearance against them, as South Africa discovered on Tuesday, and England are wary ahead of starting their own Champions Trophy campaign under Wanderers' floodlights today. Although some of the current team faced him when he was a net bowler on the tour of Sri Lanka two years ago, they have not played the mystery spinner, whose 71 one-day international wickets come at intervals of just 22 deliveries, in a match situation.
Teams
England: AJ Strauss (Captain), JL Denly, OA Shah, PD Collingwood, EJG Morgan, MJ Prior (WK), LJ Wright, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, G Onions, JM Anderson
Sri Lanka: TM Dilshan, ST Jayasuriya, KC Sangakkara (Captain & WK), DPMD Jayawardene, SHT Kandamby, TT Samaraweera, AD Mathews, KMDN Kulasekara, M Muralitharan, SL Malinga, BAW Mendis
