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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gamenamababy" data-source="post: 412796" data-attributes="member: 13730">What U Think Going to Happen 2morrow against Englandl there is an opportunity to score against him."It's very difficult to prepare for the likes of Malinga. We've tried to throw a few side-armers in the nets and it's very difficult to get it to a 90mph speed."Sri Lanka's Muttiah MuralitharanMuralitharan's guileful spin will test the England batsmenSri Lanka will be hoping Malinga and Chaminda Vaas can make early inroads into England's under-performing top order.It will then fall upon Muralitharan to try and keep England's most dangerous batsmen, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood and Flintoff, in check.    PREVIOUS WORLD CUP MEETINGS1983, TauntonEngland won by 47 runs1983, HeadingleyEngland won by nine wickets1987, PeshawarEngland won by 107 runs1987, PuneEngland won by eight wickets1992, BallaratEngland won by 106 runs1996, FaisalabadSri Lanka won by five wickets1999, Lord'sEngland won by eight wicketsEngland can take some comfort from the fact that they have won six of the seven previous World Cup matches against Sri Lanka, the most recent at Lord's in 1999 when Nasser Hussain (88) and Graeme Hick (73 not out) guided them to an eight-wicket victory.But the current Sri Lanka side are confident they have England's measure if they can repeat the all-round excellence they produced against West Indies last Sunday after a brilliant hundred by Sanath Jayasuriya laid the foundation for a 113-run win."We are very excited about the game, we've done very well against them recently and feel it's a game that we can win - and that's the frame of mind we need to have," coach Tom Moody commented."One of the great things about our side is that we have a variety and balance," added wicket-keeper Kumar Sangakkara."We've got three different types of fast bowler, four different kinds of spinner and when it comes to the batters, we have variety there as well - Sanath at the top, workers in the middle and guys who can finish off with a bang at the end."Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene added, however, that his side's whitewash on English soil will have little bearing on the outcome of Wednesday's clash."It depends if England are thinking about it," he said. "For us it is not an issue because we are playing in a different situation, different tournament, different conditions and with different personnel."England (from): E Joyce, M Vaughan (capt), I Bell, K Pietersen, P Collingwood, A Flintoff, P Nixon (wkt), R Bopara, S Mahmood, J Anderson, M Panesar, J Dalrymple, A Strauss, L Plunkett, J Lewis.Sri Lanka (from): U Tharanga, S Jayasuriya, K Sangakkara (wkt), M Jayawardene (capt), C Silva, T Dilshan, R Arnold, C Vaas, D Fernando, L Malinga, M Muralitharan, F Maharoof, N Kulasekera, M Atapattu, M Bandara.Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pkn), B Bowden (NZ)</blockquote>

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