England to bat first
[March 26 2011]
 
<P>England won the toss and elected to bat ahead of their World Cup quarterfinal clash against Sri Lanka scheduled to begin in a short while at the R. Premadasa Stadium.

<P>ENGLAND: AJ Strauss(Captain), IR Bell, IJL Trott,RS Bopara, EJG Morgan,MJ Prior(Wicket Keeper), LJ Wright, TT Bresnan,GP Swann, JC Tredwell,CT Tremlett


<P>SRI LANKA: WU Tharanga,TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara (Captain/ Wicket Keeper), DPMD Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera, LPC Silva,AD Mathews,SL Malinga,HMRKB Herath,BAW Mendis,M Muralitharan