Pakistan take on Sri Lanka in another mid table clash in the 4th Round of the World Test Championship.
Pakistan are unchanged from their early matches, with captain Imran Khan due to play his final test in this match and bow out of the tournament.
It remains to be seen what effect this has on the team, but other teams are in similar situations with some in form players due to miss out so it should be fair on everyone.
Sri Lanka make a few changes for this one, changing captains with Arjuna Ranatunga taking over from Aravinda de Silva.
Ramanayake replaces Ratnayake in the pace attack, while seamer Wijegunawardena is replaced by offspinner Madurasinghe.
Atapattu comes in at number 6 for Jayasuriya, while Kaluwitharana makes his debut as keeper in place of Tillekeratne.
Sri Lanka have had an up and down start to the season, and will be hoping to build on the momentum of their innings victory over Zimbabwe in the last round, but the number of changes to the side could make this difficult.
Pakistan meanwhile have struggled with the bat, with Javed 183 and Imran 168 in their matchwinning 312 partnership against New Zealand the only batsmen to pass 50 so far.
Pitch: 86 - A dry and grassless strip that looks good for plenty of runs, at least in the early stages. The lack of moisture both on the surface and below may mean that it will start to crumble at some stage and once it does batting will become progressively more difficult.
Day 1 Conditions:
Pitch: 2A - Dry and Grassless
Weather: 2 - Hot and Sunny
Pakistan lineup:
Rameez Raja, Shoaib Mohammad, Zahid Fazal, Javed Miandad, Saleem Malik, Imran Khan (c), Wasim Akram, Moin Khan (wk), Waqar Younus. Saleem Jaffer, Aaqib Javed
Sri Lanka lineup:
R.S.Mahanama, U.C.Hathurasingha, A.P.Gurusinha, P.A.de Silva, A.Ranatunga (c), M.S.Atapattu, R.S.Kaluwitharana (wk), C.P.H.Ramanayake, G.P.Wickremasinghe, M.A.W.R.Madurasinghe, S.D.Anurasiri
Toss: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka won the toss, and with conditions good enough for batting on Day 1, and due to deteriorate late in the match, elected to bat first.
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