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26-Mar-2011 08:47:00 GMT
Sri Lanka v England, World Cup 2011, 4th quarter-final, Colombo

England Elect to Bat Against Sri Lanka

New Delhi: England captain Andrew Strauss won the toss and elected to bat first against Sri Lanka in their World Cup quarterfinal match at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Saturday.

Before arriving in Colombo, England had three players, Kevin Pietersen, Ajmal Shahzad and Stuart Broad withdrawn due to injury while on Thursday, all-rounder Michael Yardy returned to the UK due to depression.

Off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, who was nursing a hamstring injury that he sustained during Sri Lanka's last group game against New Zealand in Mumbai, has recovered and is expected to play.

While Sri Lanka's top four batsmen have scored hundreds in the competition, there has been some worry about the team's middle order batting.

For England, the batting will revolve around in-form skipper Andrew Strauss, Ravi Bopara and Paul Collingwood but with strike pacer James Anderson struggling for form, the bowling looks a bit suspect especially in crunch situations.

But given that England have proved many a naysayers wrong this World Cup, they are capable of springing another surprise against the Lankans.


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