Ton-up Jayawardene, Bowlers Seal Victory for SL

Mahela Jayawardene produced a beautifully crafted 144 from 150 balls, the highest of his 15 ODI centuries and his fifth against England, as Sri Lanka put the memories of their soggy defeat at The Oval to one side with an imposing 69-run victory in the second one-day international at Headingley.
Faced with a stiff target of 310, England threatened for a while, particularly while Eoin Morgan was compiling a 37-ball half-century, but eventually succumbed to 240 all out.
Earlier, Mahela Jayawardene's career-best century powered Sri Lanka to 309 for five.
The opener made 144 - Jayawardene's highest score in 343 ODIs surpassing his 128 against India at Sharjah in 2000.
A couple of reckless run-outs reduced Sri Lanka to 45 for two in the 10th over after England captain Alastair Cook won the toss and elected to field.
But a record stand of 159 between former captains Jayawardene, dropped on seven, and Kumar Sangakkara, who made 69, turned the tide Sri Lanka's way.
Angelo Mathews kept the runs coming with a brisk 46 not out off 30 balls while Jeevan Mendis' unbeaten seven included a hooked six off Stuart Broad that saw Sri Lanka past 300.
Off-spinner Graeme Swann - who dropped Jayawardene - led England's attack with two wickets, both stumpings completed by wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter to remove Sangakkara and Jayawardene.
But the seamers suffered with Broad, Tim Bresnan and Jade Dernbach managing just one wicket between them for 203 runs in a combined 28 overs.
James Anderson's none for 44 in 10 overs was respectable in comparison.
Sri Lanka skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan was run out for nine when he failed to beat Broad's underarm direct hit on the bowler's end stumps.
The tourists were fortunate not to lose Jayawardene soon afterwards when first slip Swann dropped a high chance off Bresnan.
Dinesh Chandimal, replacing the now retired Sanath Jayasuriya following England's 110-run win at The Oval on Tuesday, fell in similar fashion to Dilshan for five, only this time Anderson hit the stumps.

Brief scores
Sri Lanka 309 for 5 (Jayawardene 144, Sangakkara 69)
England 240 (Morgan 52, Randiv 3-43, Lakmal 3-43)
Results Sri Lanka won by 69 runs
MOM Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)

A New Look at The England-Sri Lanka ODI Series

Twelve weeks after the World Cup, England and Sri Lanka meet in a five-match ODI series starting Tuesday at The Oval with both teams looking to hit back from disappointing performances at cricket's showpiece event.
England was knocked out in the quarterfinals by Sri Lanka, which went on to be well beaten in the final by India in Mumbai.
England has three captains for each format of the sport and will be led by new ODI skipper Alastair Cook. He took the job briefly on the Bangladesh tour in 2010-11, making the best possible start by winning all three ODIs and both tests.
Cook has already made a better start to his captaincy career than Stuart Broad, who led England to a nine-wicket defeat in the Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka at Bristol on Saturday.
Cook has not played an ODI since taking on Bangladesh in Chittagong on March 5. Following Andrew Strauss's retirement from ODI internationals after England's disastrous World Cup campaign, Cook will have time to make the team his own ahead of the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand if he can adapt his test-style batting to suit the shorter format.
Cook attracted criticism for his slow scoring in the drawn Lord's test and there are questions about whether he is he the right man for the job. England was 149-2 overnight and working toward a declaration on the fifth morning. Cook scored only 26 of the 111 runs added in the two-hour morning session.
In 26 ODIs, he has scored 858 runs at 33.00 with a strike rate of 71.38. He has hit only one six in his ODI career, off Mahmudullah in Mirpur.
England has made numerous changes to its World Cup team with only five players surviving, though Tim Bresnan was unavailable when the squad was selected because he is recovering from a calf injury. Ian Bell should be back after being dropped from the T20 side on Saturday, his first omission from any England side since September.
Tillekeratne Dilshan is set to return for Sri Lanka after missing the third test at the Rose Bowl because of a fractured thumb after being hit by Chris Tremlett in the Lord's test. Sri Lanka has also changed its side because Muttiah Muralitharan has retired and Upul Tharanga is banned for failing a drug test. Allrounder Angelo Mathews returns after a thigh injury.
England was expected to win the test series, but Sri Lanka is an excellent one-day side and the bookmakers reckon this series will be a closer contest. Overall, Sri Lanka has won 19 and lost six of their last 28 ODIs, with three no results. Away from home, the Sri Lankans have won 10 of their past 15 matches. England has 13 wins, 14 losses and one tie in its past 28 games.< ^Previous Series=
There has only been one previous five-match one-day series between the two sides in England. That was in 2006 and Sri Lanka won all five matches by convincing margins. Sri Lanka is third in the ICC rankings and England fifth, with a 13-point gap between the teams. Another 5-0 victory would take Sri Lanka to second place above India and behind Australia. A 5-0 win to England would ensure both sides are level on points in fourth place.

Teams from

England: Alastair Cook (capt), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, Eoin Morgan, Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Swann, Jonathan Trott, Jade Dernbach, Chris Woakes, Samit Patel, Craig Kieswetter (wk), Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan

Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan (capt), Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Suraj Randiv, Suranga Lakmal, Ajantha Mendis, Thissara Perera, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Thilina Kandamby, Sanath Jayasuriya, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Jeevan Mendis, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dhammika Prasad

Pitch and conditions
London's dank June has given way to a mini-heatwave in the two days leading up to the start of the match, although that is all set to end with thunderstorms forecast for Monday evening. The wet weather should have cleared sufficiently to allow a prompt start at 1pm, but the clouds may still be lingering.

Stats and trivia
•England and Sri Lanka's last meeting in 50-overs cricket was the World Cup quarter-final in Colombo back in March, which - thanks to their ten-wicket trouncing - also happens to have been England's most recent ODI.
•Inauspiciously for England, their home record against Sri Lanka is scarcely any better in recent times. In 2006 they were thumped out of sight, five matches out of five, with Sanath Jayasuriya and Upul Tharanga racking up an opening stand of 286 at Headingley. Only two England squad members remain from that game - the new captain Cook, and the returning Tim Bresnan.
•Alastair Cook averages 33.00 in 26 ODI appearances, with a solitary century against India in 2007, and a strike-rate of 71.38.

Head to head
Total Played 45: England 23, Sri Lanka 22.

Match facts
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 (day/night)
Start time 1300 local (1200 GMT), 17:30 Sri Lanka

Collingwood Dropped From England T20 & ODI Squads

Paul Collingwood was dropped from both the England Twenty20 and one-day squads announced Tuesday for the upcoming fixtures against Sri Lanka.

The veteran all-rounder retired from Test duty after England's victorious Ashes campaign in Australia but was included in the World Cup squad.
However, upon his return home after England's 10-wicket quarterfinal thrashing by Sri Lanka, Collingwood was stripped of the Twenty20 captaincy -- despite leading the side to the World Twenty20 title in the West Indies last year -- and replaced as skipper by leadership novice Stuart Broad.
The 35-year-old Collingwood, a former England one-day captain, only recently returned to county action with Durham following a knee injury and England national selector Geoff Miller said: "Paul Collingwood has been an inspirational limited-overs cricketer for England over many years, and we still see a role for him in this capacity based on form and fitness.
"His omission is purely down to form over a period of time," added Miller, a former England off-spinner.
"He has always brought a great deal to the England team, and we know he'll be working as hard as ever to reach peak form and fitness -- with an England recall firmly in the forefront of his mind."
Meanwhile wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter and all-rounder Samit Patel won recalls to both squads.
Kieswetter replaced Matt Prior, England's Test gloveman who played at the World Cup.
South Africa-born Kieswetter, also a hard-hitting batsman, played a key role in England's World Twenty20 triumph in the Caribbean but then lost form and found himself out of international contention.
But he has recently impressed at county level and Miller said: "Craig has been in exciting form for Somerset so far this year -- and while Matt Prior has been outstanding in the Test team, we believe Craig will offer some real firepower with the bat along with his ability with the gloves
Patel, 26, won the last of his 11 ODI caps in November 2008 and has finally accepted calls from the England management to improve his fitness.
His ability as a second spinner will enable England to field another slow bowler in addition to his county colleague Graeme Swann.
Fast-medium bowler Broad is expected to be fit to lead England for the first time at Bristol on Saturday despite bruising a heel during the drawn third Test against Sri Lanka at the Rose Bowl on Monday, a result that gave England the series 1-0.
England Test captain Andrew Strauss has retired from limited overs internationals so the one-day side will be led by Alastair Cook, even though his Test opening partner was not selected in the World Cup squad.
Meanwhile fast bowler Chris Tremlett, England's man of the Sri Lanka Test series, appears to have been rested ahead of the four Tests against India starting next month.

Twenty20 squad: Stuart Broad (capt), Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Craig Kieswetter (wk), Michael Lumb, Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel, Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Swann, Chris Woakes, Luke Wright

ODI squad: Alastair Cook (capt), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Craig Kieswetter (wk), Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel, Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Swann, Jonathan Trott, Chris Woakes

England Win After Shock Sri Lanka Collapse

Chris Tremlett and Graeme Swann bowled England to a remarkable innings victory after Sri Lanka were bowled out for 82 in the first Test in Cardiff.
A draw seemed likely after rain delayed the start of day five until 1400 GMT.
But England declared after two overs on 496-5, a first-innings lead of 96, as soon as Ian Bell reached his century.
Tremlett (4-40) grabbed two early wickets, before he and Swann (4-16) combined to tear through the tourists, with Stuart Broad finishing them off.
With the last eight wickets falling in just over an hour after the tea interval, it left England victorious by an innings and 14 runs.
It was an amazing end to a day's play that had begun with few supporters in the stands and even fewer expectations that the game would end in anything but a draw.
For the fourth day out of five, no play was possible during the morning as rain ensured the covers remained in place until four hours after the scheduled start time of 1100 BST, a period that appeared to have killed the game as a contest.
When the players did take to the pitch it was initially for only 12 balls - long enough for Bell to add five runs to his overnight score of 98 and reach his 13th Test century - before England's declaration brought them off again.
Because of the time eaten up by the weather, and with England's four-man bowling attack a man light following the side injury to James Anderson, the remaining 50 overs were expected to encapsulate a period of tame cricket during which England would give their fit bowlers practice time in the middle.
However, this does an injustice to the competitive nature and belief of this England side, who immediately seized the initiative in Sri Lanka's second innings and then steadily turned the screw on their increasingly demoralised and disorganised opponents.
The home side got off to a superb start thanks chiefly to towering opening bowler Tremlett, who claimed two quick wickets to stir England's interest.
In the second over he drew Tharanga Paranavitana into a wayward shot outside off and had him caught low at first slip by Strauss for 0.
In his next over, captain Tillakaratne Dilshan made a mess of a rising delivery and lobbed a catch back to the big bowler, with a review showing the ball had clipped his glove on its way through, leaving Sri Lanka 10-2.
After tea, home hope rapidly grew to genuine expectation as Tremlett and Swann tore into the tourists.
Tremlett claimed his third scalp from a superb, short of a length delivery that cut away from Mahela Jayawardene and caught the outside edge of the bat before nestling into the welcoming hands of Strauss at slip.
Then Swann got in on the act when Thilan Samaraweera played back and chopped onto his stumps to depart for a duck.
Panic had now set in for the tourists, whose middle order capitulated under the England onslaught.
In one Swann over, key man Kumar Sangakkara edged to Strauss at slip to depart for 14 and three balls later Farveez Maharoof needed a review to prove that he had indeed nicked one to keeper Matt Prior, to leave Sri Lanka 43-6.
It was 43-7 after the first ball of Tremlett's next over as England utilised the review system perfectly to overturn Billy Doctrove's initial summary that Prasanne Jayawardene had not gloved an attempted hook to Prior, to see the batsman off for just three.
Swann then dealt with Rangana Herath, who swiped across the line and was trapped lbw.
There followed the briefest period of minor resistance from Sri Lanka as Thisara Perera and Ajantha Mendis clung on, adding 30 between them.
But the introduction of Broad quickly resulted in the former prodding to short-leg where Bell was on hand to snatch a superb catch low down before last man Suranga Lakmal looped an easy catch to Alastair Cook from a short ball.

Brief scores
Sri Lanka 400 (P Jayawardene 112, Paranavitana 66, Anderson 3-66, Swann 3-78) and 82 (Swann 4-16, Tremlett 4-40)
England 496 for 5 dec (Trott 203, Cook 133, Bell 103*)
Results England won by an innings and 14 runs
MOM Jonathan Trott (England)