Team Updates : Sri Lanka Cricket

3rd Test starts at 3.30pm (SL time)

Sri Lanka Playing XI for the 3rd Test Match vs England.

1. DIMUTH KARUNARATHNE

2. PATHUM NISSANKA

3. KUSAL MENDIS

4. ANGELO MATHEWS

5. DINESH CHANDIMAL

6. DHANANJAYA DE SILVA (Captain)

7. KAMINDU MENDIS

8. MILAN RATHNAYAKE

9. VISHWA FERNANDO

10. LAHIRU KUMARA

11. ASITHA FERNANDO

Sri Lanka have a 100% win rate in Tests at The Oval, having beaten England emphatically on their only previous visit – Sanath Jayasuriya’s 213 helping the visitors comfortably overhaul a total of 445 before Muralidaran took 9 for 65 to set up a 10-wicket win.

England: 1 Dan Lawrence, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Ollie Pope (capt), 4 Joe Root, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Jamie Smith (wk), 7 Chris Woakes, 8 Gus Atkinson, 9 Olly Stone, 10 Shoaib Bashir, 11 Josh Hull

The final Test of the home season is also a final chance for Ollie Pope to improve his average as Test captain – that is assuming Stokes is fit to take the reins again in Pakistan next month. Pope has so far managed 30 runs in four innings, with his dismissals ranging from eyebrow-raising to hair-raising. Leading England to three wins from three would certainly tick a box, but runs under the belt might have more long-term significance.