Sri Lanka have won the toss and will bowl first against England in the second Test at Lord's on Friday.
Steven Finn returned for his first Test of the year, on his home ground, as England predictably selected the tallest pace attack in history against Sri Lanka at Lord's.
Finn was preferred to the uncapped Jade Dernbach for this second of three matches in the npower series, which England lead 1-0 after their innings victory in Cardiff.
England found themselves batting first, though, after Sri Lanka surprisingly chose to bowl on a glorious morning but on a pitch still tinged with green.
The tourists persisted, as they had promised, with a five-man attack - bringing in a fit-again Dilhara Fernando and left-arm seamer Chanaka Welegedara in place of spinner Ajantha Mendis and bowling all-rounder Thisara Perera.
TEAMS
England: AJ Strauss (captain), AN Cook, IJL Trott, KP Pietersen, IR Bell, EJG Morgan, MJ Prior†, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, CT Tremlett, ST Finn
Sri Lanka: NT Paranavitana, TM Dilshan (captain), KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera, HAPW Jayawardene†, MF Maharoof, UWMBCA Welegedara, HMRKB Herath, CRD Fernando, RAS Lakmal
Steven Finn returned for his first Test of the year, on his home ground, as England predictably selected the tallest pace attack in history against Sri Lanka at Lord's.
Finn was preferred to the uncapped Jade Dernbach for this second of three matches in the npower series, which England lead 1-0 after their innings victory in Cardiff.
England found themselves batting first, though, after Sri Lanka surprisingly chose to bowl on a glorious morning but on a pitch still tinged with green.
The tourists persisted, as they had promised, with a five-man attack - bringing in a fit-again Dilhara Fernando and left-arm seamer Chanaka Welegedara in place of spinner Ajantha Mendis and bowling all-rounder Thisara Perera.
TEAMS
England: AJ Strauss (captain), AN Cook, IJL Trott, KP Pietersen, IR Bell, EJG Morgan, MJ Prior†, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, CT Tremlett, ST Finn
Sri Lanka: NT Paranavitana, TM Dilshan (captain), KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera, HAPW Jayawardene†, MF Maharoof, UWMBCA Welegedara, HMRKB Herath, CRD Fernando, RAS Lakmal
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