Both sides seek to Start from Knot

                After an pulse altering tie in the opener of ODI series England have relieved their fortunes by a six of the last ball, but Sri Lanka in two minds with the fact that they fought so hard and couldn't finish rightly against England so far in this tour. Where Sri Lanka with the loss are in a position to win in all their remaining matches to stay alive in the points column.
                 While England may feel happy with the tie with the way things have gone, but they showed an uncharacteristic display to their approach with the bat early on. On the other side England bowling figures have showed, they are short of an additional bowling option with stokes injury.
                 Although Woakes and Plunkett made their presence felt, especially with the bat under pressure situation. But they couldn't offer to repeat the same with the brand of Cricket they have adopted since an year and they seek to live up to expectations with considering it as an early glimpse of overwhelmed approach.
               On the other side of the coin Sri Lanka would have been Registered their first win against England on the tour with an much more effort in the field. Although they have missed an additional spinner alongside Prasanna in assessing the conditions and an mild hamstring to in rhythm Mathews made them to bank on Shanka and Maharoof to fill the overs.
                 Meanwhile Lankans may have lost early wickets with the bat, but it seemed they have plenty in the tank to offer on their given day and with added depth in the batting they hope to make full use of it this time around. The Lankans will be very aware of England destructive nature with the bat, so it's important for them to make as many as possible to challenge them.
                The pitch at Edgbaston is hurling with runs in shorter format and might get some help for spinners with it's dryness. While England have lost in 4 matches out of last 5 recent appearance at this Venue.
               So with a tie both teams got to share a point each, which indeed made Sri Lanka to win all their remaining games to stay in the hunt. While the Lankans are not likely to focus on points, but they would like to win as may as games on this tour.
                While coming to playing XI England won't mind in going with the same squad which produced more depth with the bat, in the meantime Lankans hope Mathews to recovery from hamstring other than that they might itching to bring an additional spinner. At the end the contest gonna lie between the fielding standards and bowling depth of either sides.