Sri Lanka elect to bat in Australia ODI

PALLEKELE: Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan elected to bat after winning the toss against Australia in the first one-day international on Wednesday.

The two sides are playing five one-dayers and three Tests, after Sri Lanka won both their Twenty20 matches.

Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan (capt), Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Jeevan Mendis, Suranga Lakmal, Ajantha Mendis, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suraj Randiv.

Australia: Michael Clarke (capt), Shane Watson, Brad Haddin, Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey, David Hussey, Steven Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Xavier Doherty, Doug Bollinger.