London: 
Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews won the toss and elect to bowl versus England at The Oval on Thursday.
Scorecard | Schedule | Stats | Points Table | Teams and Squads
Sri Lanka make one change with Nuwan Kulasekara coming in for all-rounder Thisara Perera.
England get a huge boost as off-spinner Graeme Swann replaces James Tredwell.
Sri Lanka will look for a vastly improved batting performance against the hosts England as they try to stay afloat in the Champions Trophy.
Sri Lanka, World Cup finalists in 2007 and 2011, must now defeat both England and Australia in day-night matches at the Oval to keep their semi-final hopes alive.
England, meanwhile, bounced back from a 2-1 one-day series loss against New Zealand ahead of the tournament to brush aside old foes Australia by 48 runs in their first match.
Alastair Cook's home team go into the match with their preparations overshadowed by an incident at a bar in Birmingham between Australia's David Warner and young England player Joe Root over the weekend.
Teams:
England: AN Cook*, IR Bell, IJL Trott, JE Root, EJG Morgan, RS Bopara, JC Buttler†, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, JM Anderson
Sri Lanka: MDKJ Perera, TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara†, DPMD Jayawardene, LD Chandimal, AD Mathews*, HDRL Thirimanne, KMDN Kulasekara, HMRKB Herath, RMS Eranga, SL Malinga
Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews won the toss and elect to bowl versus England at The Oval on Thursday.Scorecard | Schedule | Stats | Points Table | Teams and Squads
Sri Lanka make one change with Nuwan Kulasekara coming in for all-rounder Thisara Perera.
England get a huge boost as off-spinner Graeme Swann replaces James Tredwell.
Sri Lanka will look for a vastly improved batting performance against the hosts England as they try to stay afloat in the Champions Trophy.
Sri Lanka, World Cup finalists in 2007 and 2011, must now defeat both England and Australia in day-night matches at the Oval to keep their semi-final hopes alive.
England, meanwhile, bounced back from a 2-1 one-day series loss against New Zealand ahead of the tournament to brush aside old foes Australia by 48 runs in their first match.
Alastair Cook's home team go into the match with their preparations overshadowed by an incident at a bar in Birmingham between Australia's David Warner and young England player Joe Root over the weekend.
Teams:
England: AN Cook*, IR Bell, IJL Trott, JE Root, EJG Morgan, RS Bopara, JC Buttler†, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, JM Anderson
Sri Lanka: MDKJ Perera, TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara†, DPMD Jayawardene, LD Chandimal, AD Mathews*, HDRL Thirimanne, KMDN Kulasekara, HMRKB Herath, RMS Eranga, SL Malinga
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