Lanka ready for England fightback

Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu said his side remained full of confidence. ‘‘We know that we can wrap up the series if we play like we did on Tuesday,’’ the skipper told reporters.

Sri Lanka are expected to name an unchanged team with moist conditions again likely to favour the seam bowlers. England must decide on their replacement for paceman James Anderson, who will miss the next two one-day matches and is in doubt for next month’s first Test because of an ankle ligament injury.

‘‘We need a couple of days to assess but the doctors are optimistic that he will be back between 10 days and two weeks,’’ England physiotherapist Dean Conway said.

James Kirtley, who was playing squash with Anderson when the injury occurred, is tipped to be included. ‘‘The opportunity to play would be great but my concern now is for Jimmy (Anderson),’’ said Kirtley. ‘‘No one likes losing like that but we are a young side and it would be foolish to not learn from it.’’