England v Sri Lanka Preview, Match 22 at Wellington

“He looked much more like his old self, his bowling had some of that old zip about it and that is a great sign for a team that really needs him to fire,” said Muttiah Muralithan, the former Sri Lankan spinner, of Malinga.

With both teams in look out for important wins, this fixture has assumed added importance and could be another one of those thrillers, or at the very least – a good game of cricket.

Teams (from):?

Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lahiru Thirimanne, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Dimuth Karunaratne, Angelo Mathews (capt), Rangana Herath, Lasith Malinga, Suranga Lakmal, Dushmantha Chameera, Dinesh Chandimal, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thisara Perera, Sachithra Senanayake.

England: Moeen Ali, Ian Bell, Gary Ballance, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (capt), James Taylor, Jos Buttler (wk), Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, James Anderson, Ravi Bopara, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, James Tredwell.