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Welcome to County Durham, for England’s first ODI of the home summer, up against the depleted touring Sri Lankans. I say depleted because senior players Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka have been sent home after being pinged for partying hard in the city after the final T20 - you can’t do that when bubbled in this times. So, some drama before a ball is bowled.
Making matters worse again for Kusal Perera’s team is that Avishka Fernando - a serious 50-over player - tore a quad muscle in the T20s, so they are coming into this first ODI in a huge amount of strife. Up against the world champions, at home, in a series for
World Cup Super League points... it all points to a very tough week.