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Lasith Malinga, who started this series in style, is rested. His place goes to Lakshan Sandakan, who’s a bit different – a left-arm wrist spinner.
Sri Lanka Dickwella (w), Samarawickrama, Chandimal (c), Mendis, de Silva, Shanaka, Perera, Dananjaya, Sandakan, Rajitha, Chameera.
Eoin Morgan, the man of the series by a mile, is so good he decides to rest himself, so Jos Buttler captains England today. He calls wrong and Dinesh Chandimal takes first use of what looks like a good pitch. Buttler says he would have bowled anyway, “with a bit of weather around”.
England play a game of musical seamers: Liam Plunkett, Mark Wood and Sam Curran come in for Woakes, Stone and Morgan, so the Currans appear together for the first time in an international, and Buttler has seven bowlers up his sleeve.
Written by Tim de Lisle (now) and Nick Miller (later)
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2018/oct/23/sri-lanka-england-fifth-odi-live-cricket under the title “Sri Lanka v England: fifth ODI – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
