Sri Lanka win toss,elect to field in 1st Test

LONDON: Sri Lanka have won the toss and elected to field first in the 1st Investec Test against England at Lords.

According to the pitch report there is a bit of grass on the wicket but with the sun out it looks good for batting. Mathews decision to field first seems to be a cautious move.

Teams:

England: AN Cook, SD Robson, GS Ballance, IR Bell, JE Root, MM Ali, MJ Prior, CJ Jordan, SCJ Broad, LE Plunkett, JM Anderson.

Sri Lanka: JK Silva, FDM Karunaratne, KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene, HDRL Thirimanne, AD Mathews, HAPW Jayawardene, KMDN Kulasekara, HMRKB Herath, N Pradeep, RMS Eranga.

KKR win toss, put KXIP into bat in IPL final

BANGALORE: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to field against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in the final of the Indian Premier League here at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.

The KKR would go in to the IPL final with a slight edge over Kings XI Punjab. They won the title two years ago, they are on a eight-match winning streak and they have beaten Kings XI twice in three matches this season.

The KXIP made one change, bringing in Balaji for Sandeep while KKR go unchanged.

Teams:
KKR: RV Uthappa (wk), G Gambhir (captain), MK Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, YK Pathan, RN ten Doeschae, SA Yadav, PP Chawla, SP Narine, M Morkel, UT Yadav.

KXIP: V Sehwag, M Vohra, WP Saha (wk), GJ Maxwell, DA Miller, GJ Bailey (captain), AR Patel, MG Johnson, L Balaji, Karanveer Singh, P Awana.

KKR win toss, put KXIP into bat in IPL final

BANGALORE: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to field against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in the final of the Indian Premier League here at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.

The KKR would go in to the IPL final with a slight edge over Kings XI Punjab. They won the title two years ago, they are on a eight-match winning streak and they have beaten Kings XI twice in three matches this season.

The KXIP made one change, bringing in Balaji for Sandeep while KKR go unchanged.

Teams:
KKR: RV Uthappa (wk), G Gambhir (captain), MK Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, YK Pathan, RN ten Doeschae, SA Yadav, PP Chawla, SP Narine, M Morkel, UT Yadav.

KXIP: V Sehwag, M Vohra, WP Saha (wk), GJ Maxwell, DA Miller, GJ Bailey (captain), AR Patel, MG Johnson, L Balaji, Karanveer Singh, P Awana

Australia field first after winning toss

DHAKA: In the second match of the day at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Mirpur, Australia won the toss and invited India to bat first.

Australia will be playing for a consolation win as the result of this match will have no impact on the tournament. India has already qualified for the semi final and Australia are out of the tournament.

India have made 2 changes to their side. A.Rahane and Mohit Sharma come in for S.Dhawan and M.Shami.

Australia go in the match with one change. C.White comes in for J.Faulkner.