ICC Champions Trophy Group B, Johannesburg:
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**By Mark Mitchener **
From Mike Brown, TMS inbox:“Won toss and fielding, eh I think that’s a good move by Strauss. Now if we can just nip out Dilshan, Jayasuriya and Jayawardene early… and Sangakkara… and Samaraweera, Kandamby, Matthews, Kulasekera and Murali, we’ll be into their tail!”
1.5 overs - WICKET - Jayasuriya c Prior b Onions 0 - SL 7-1
Graham Onions, playing only his second ODI (wearing 90 on his back), takes the second over. Dilshan jabs a quick single to mid-off, then a wild and wooly one down the leg side evades Jayasuriya, keeper Matt Prior and sails away for five wides. But Jayasuriya’s gone for a duck as Onions gets him to nibble at one just outside off stump and feather a catch to the keeper!From Richard in sunny St Neots, TMS inbox:"Negativity from Chris Grant [1320] I would say he’s just about on the mark. Have England the poorest number three in the tournament Another failure today and surely it will be taxi for Shah"1st over - SL 1-0
Anderson has Dilshan fishing early on, earning him some words of encouragement from his team-mates. Dilshan aims an optimistic heave to leg but misses - England stick in a third slip, but Dilshan prevents the ignominy of a maiden over by prodding the last ball to third man for a single.1329: Dilshan is opening with 40-year-old Sanath Jayasuriya as usual, and James Anderson will take the new ball. England are back in their all-dark-blue kit - which may be just as well, considering how they got taken to the cleaners by Australia while wearing all-red.1325: Well, fielding first means that England can put off their “how on earth do we play Ajantha Mendis” panic attacks for a couple of hours or so, but first they will have to contain the mighty Tillakaratne Dilshan, whobashed, crashed and Dilscooped the world’s number one ODI team, South Africa, into submission the other day.Teams line up for the national anthems, and the singer gets a few words of the England anthem mixed up, which gives Graeme Swann a fit of the giggles.
1320: As mentioned on previous days, I’m afraid there’s no TMS for this tournament, but you can hear updates every 15 minutes with Alison Mitchell on BBC Radio 5 live, and alsofollow Alison on Twitter.While the customary England negativity comes from Chris Grant (below)…From Chris Grant, TMS inbox: "Let the pain commence - SL to race to 330 odd, England all out for 140, Strauss to top score with 63, no other batter will get more than 17, Shah involved in three comedy run-outs"1317: Here are the full teams:England: Andrew Strauss (capt), Joe Denly, Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior (wk), Luke Wright, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Graham Onions.Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Thilina Kandamby, Thilan Samaraweera, Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis.1315: A bit more on England’s changes. As well as Bopara, Tim Bresnan is also left out of the team who played in the 7th ODI against Australia - with Luke Wright and Stuart Broad returning from injury. Owais Shah is on the card to bat at three, with Colly at four, Morgan at five and rather-out-of-form Matt Prior pushed down to six.
From worldaudience on 606:](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A57596584)"The pitch is more suited to England bowlers… If they can sneak in two early wickets, particularly Dilshan, they have a realistic chance"1307: Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara says he would have batted first if he’d won the toss - and well he might, after their thumping win against South Africa in the opening game. They’re unchanged from that game, while England have dropped Ravi Bopara, and field just one spinner in Graeme Swann. If you’re an Adil Rashid fan, you’ll have to make do with readingPranav Soneji’s excellent feature on the Yorkshire leggie.1305: Afternoon, everyone. I’m just keeping this seat warm for Ben Dirs for a while, but I can tell you that England have won the toss and have elected to field firstThis article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.