Sri Lanka skipper Dhananjaya de Silva won the toss and has inserted England to have a bat at the iconic Lord's cricket ground. (More Cricket News)
Explaining why he chose to field, Silva said: "Going to bowl first. There's always swing in the first hour. He's been in good form in white ball cricket (Nissanka). Need t🌠o execute better than Mancheste👍r."
His opposing number Pope said: "We were going to have a bat. When you get to Lord's, you look up 💖and then you look down, that's what they say. He's buzzing to put the white shirt back on, especially at the home of cricket (Stone)."
England XI: Ben Duckett, Daniel Lawrence, Ollie Pope(c), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith(w), 𒀰Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Matthew Potts, Olly Stone, Shoaib Bashir
Sri Lanka XI: Dimuth Karunaratne⭕, Pathum 🧸Nissanka, Nishan Madushka, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya de Silva(c), Kusal Mendis(w), Prabath Jayasuriya, Asitha Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Milan Priyanath Rathnayake
