With the dust just starting to settle after such a remarkable start to theseries in Dambulla – a week of full of bizarre controversy and thrillingcricket – Sri Lanka won the toss in the third one-dayer against Australia, and elected to bat first on a

The Wisden Bulletin by Charlie Austin25-Feb-2004Toss
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Chaminda Vaas was Sri Lanka’s hero in the previous match

With the dust just starting to settle after such a remarkable start to theseries in Dambulla – a week of full of bizarre controversy and thrillingcricket – Sri Lanka won the toss in the third one-dayer against Australia, andelected to bat first on a what appeared to be a typically flat Premadasa pitch.Although the surface, once again, is bound to suit the spinners, a muggyatmosphere and overcast conditions promises more assistance for the swingbowlers. Sri Lanka therefore bolstered their pace bowling resources,recalling Nuwan Zoysa for his first international game in 18 months.Zoysa replaced Romesh Kaluwitharana, who was run out for 12 and 0 in thefirst two games. Kumar Sangakkara takes over the gloves for the first timesince the 2003 World Cup.Australia made one change to the team that lost to Sri Lanka by just one run last Sunday, resting Brett Lee to give Michael Kasprowicz his first game ofthe series. With three games scheduled for the next five days, the changewas motivated purely by Australia’s rotational selection policy.Sri Lanka 1 Sanath Jayasuriya, 2 Marvan Atapattu (capt), 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 6 Russel Arnold, 7 Upul Chandana, 8 Kumar Dharmasena, 9 Chaminda Vaas, 10 Nuwan Zoysa, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan.Australia1 Adam Gilchrist (wk), 2 Matthew Hayden, 3 Ricky Ponting (Capt), 4 Damien Martyn, 5 Andrew Symonds, 6 Michael Clarke, 7 Michael Bevan, 8 Ian Harvey, 9 Brad Hogg, 10 Michael Kasprowicz, 11 Jason Gillespie.