Ealham: Left out for the first two games

Nick Knight, Mark Ealham and Mark Alleyne are in contention for places, having made only one appearance against a President's XI since they arrived in Sri Lanka.

Coach Duncan Fletcher wants a greater say over the scheduling of future winter tours in order to give his side a greater chance of doing well in the one-dayers.

"I'd like to make the one-day section of the winter one separate tour, so we're with the players for a certain length of time," he said.

The one-day squad had not been together since the three matches in Pakistan, which preceded the Test series.

Next winter's itinerary is better with the one-day games following the Tests in India and then coming first when the team moves on to New Zealand.

Jayasuriya: Receiving treatment from the physio

"The more you play the game, the better you get at it.

"We played out last one-day internationals against Pakistan in November, about the same time Sri Lanka played South Africa. But since then they have played a further 12 matches and we've not played any," Fletcher added.

Sri Lankan skipper Sanath Jayasuriya is rated only 50-50 to play after aggravating a knee problem in Sunday's second match, which his side won by 66 runs.

Vice-captain Marvan Atapattu will lead the team if Jayasuriya fails a pre-match fitness check.

Teams

Sri Lanka (from): S jayasuriya (capt), R kaluwitharana, M Atapattu, M Jayawardene, K Sangakkara, R Arnold, K Dharmasena, T Dilshan, C Vaas, M Muralitharan, N Zoysa, A Ganegame, I de Saram, T Samaraweera, L de Silva.

England (from): G Thorpe (capt), M Trescothick, A stewart, G Hick, A Flintoff, N Knight, M Vaughan, C White, R Croft, M Alleyne, A Giles, A Caddick, D Gough, A Mullally.

Umpires: G Silva TH Wijewardene (3rd umpire D Pathirana)
Match referee: Hanumant Singh (Ind)