Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl first in the first Test match against England which will begin shortly at Leeds in England today (19).
Dasun Shanaka will make his Test debut for Sri Lanka after his impressive performance in the warm-up game in Leicester last week.
Milinda Siriwardana was expected to be in the playing XI but his place has been given to Lahiru Thirimanne, who comes in at No.5.
Dushmantha Chameera, Shaminda Eranga and Nuwan Pradeep form the pace attack while Suranga Lakmal has been left out.
England: Alastair Cook (Capt), Alex Hales, Nick Compton, Joe Root, James Vince, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Moeen Ali, Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, James Anderson.
Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne, Kaushal Silva, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh CHandimal (wk), Angelo Mathews (Capt), Lahiru Thirimanne, Dasun Shanaka, Rangana Herath, Dushmantha Chameera, Shaminda Enranga, Nuwan Pradeep.
The final rites of veteran broadcaster, writer, and lyricist Nirmala de Alwis will be held today at Peradeniya.
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The Supreme Court today ordered the owning and operating companies of the X-Press Pearl Vessel to pay US $ one billion as compensation for the environmental and economic damage it caused, after the ship sank off the Colombo Port in 2021.
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