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Pakistan and Sri Lanka will face each other in their first of two warm up matches on Thursday in Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Looking forward for the Champions Trophy to officially begin on June 6th, Pakistan is all set to take on Sri Lanka in the first of total of six warm-up matches. The team is confident to perform well against all opponents in the Champions Trophy especially after beating both Scotland and Ireland in ODI series in English conditions. Birmingham’s crowd comprise of large number of Pakistan supporters which would also support Pakistan team feel at home and provide them with an amazing game. Pakistan’s Edgbaston record is actually not that good. In all competitions, they have won six, lost nine and drawn three. They lost their last Test in Birmingham against England three years ago and also lost their last ODI on the ground in 2006. Pakistani skipper, Misbah ul Haq has never lost at Edgbaston – but then he has never played at Edgbaston. The likely Pakistani squad will include: Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Kamran Akmal, Misbah-ul-Haq (c), Shoaib Malik, Asad Shafiq, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan, M. Irfan, Asad Ali, Wahab Riaz, Umer Amin, Abdul Rehman, Ehsan Adil.
On the other hand, Sri Lanka own a strengthened and a balanced team. Angelo Mathews will be playing as a skipper in the first major tournament and this will surely have a lot of pressure on him. Mathews’ main concern is to adapt to the English conditions and the warm up matches will help to serve the purpose. Recently, Sri Lanka is out of practice, as most of the team players were playing in the IPL but Mathews is quite confident of his team-mates and believe that they are able to deliver their best in this tournament. The probable Sri Lankan lineup will include: Angelo Mathews (c), Dinesh Chandimal (vc), Dilhara Lokuhettige Tillakaratne Dilshan, Shaminda Eranga, Rangana Herath, Mahela Jayawardene Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Jeevan Mendis, Kusal Perera, Thisara Perera, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Sachithra Senanayake, Lahiru Thirimanne.
Note: Match abandoned without a ball bowled due to bad weather.
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