Sri Lanka win toss, elect to bat vs England

Fri, 21 June 2019

14:42

Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne has won the toss and elected to bat against England on what he calls a good batting wicket at Headingley.

England retain the same team which crushed Afghanistan in their match in which they amassed a mammoth 397 for six.

Sri Lanka have made two changes as Jeevan Mendis and Avishka Fernando come into the playing XI.

Meanwhile, England all-rounder Moeen Ali will be playing in his landmark 100th ODI -- the 22nd Englishman to reach the landmark.

England captain Eoin Morgan reveals at the toss that England and Liverpool football legend Steven Gerrard had sent Moeen a message on his landmark.

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