[Lord Snooty]

England have set off to Sri Lanka today for the first of their World Cup warm up tours. Eleven ODIs to go before it starts for England with a Valentine's Day love in with the Aussies in Melbourne.
First up are these seven matches in Sri Lanka and then four matches in Australia, two against the convicts and two against the Indians.

Captain Alistair Cook is confident we can go there and win the cup, well he would say that wouldn't he. On this first leg of the quest, they will have to cope without the injured James Anderson, who is travelling to South Africa with the Performance squad.
There's no Stuart Broad either, although he is hoping to be back for the Australian tri nation series. So no matter how well the likes of Harry Gurney, Steven Finn, Chris Jordan, Chris Woakes and Ben Stokes bowl in Sri Lanka they could be out of the picture by the time we get to Melbourne in February.

Sri Lanka meanwhile have just been whitewashed 5-0 in India. They've had some proper hammerings in there as well, with today's final match being lost by 3 wickets with 8 balls remaining being the closest they have got to matching the Indians. Two of the matches have been lost with over 5 overs left and two of them have been lost by over a hundred runs.
The fourth match in the series saw India's Rohit Sharma smash a world record 264 runs as India clocked up a massive 404-5. Can England take advantage of a Sri Lankan team battered and bruised or will this be just the tonic the home side need?

England squad: Alastair Cook ©, Moeen Ali, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Jos Buttler (w), Steven Finn, Harry Gurney, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Eoin Morgan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, James Taylor, James Tredwell, Chris Woakes.

Sri Lanka squad: Angelo Mathews ©, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kusal Perera, Kumar Sangakkara (w), Mahela Jayawardena, Lahiru Thirimanne, Jeevan Mendis, Thilina Kandamby, Rangana Herath, Dilruwan Perera, Ajantha Mendis, Shaminda Eranga, Dhammika Prasad, Thisara Perera, Lahiru Gamage.

Fri Nov 21: v Sri Lanka A - Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo - England won by 56 runs (D/L method) Scorecard
Sun Nov 23: v Sri Lanka A -  Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo - Match abandoned Scorecard
Weds Nov 26: 1st ODI v Sri Lanka - Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo - Sri Lanka won by 25 runs Scorecard
Sat Nov 29: 2nd ODI v Sri Lanka - Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo - Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets Scorecard

Wed Dec 3: 3rd ODI v Sri Lanka - Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota - England won by 5 wickets Scorecard
Sun Dec 7: 4th ODI v Sri Lanka - Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo - Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets Scorecard
Wed Dec 10: 5th ODI v Sri Lanka - Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy - England won by 5 wickets Scorecard
Sat Dec 13: 6th ODI v Sri Lanka - Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy - Sri Lanka won by 90 runs Scorecard
Tue Dec 16: 7th ODI v Sri Lanka - Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo - Sri Lanka won by 87 runs Scorecard