England - Sri Lanka seek rhythm in World Cup dress rehearsal

England will touch down in Colombo Monday morning for a six-match white-ball series, a timely pit stop for both sides to tune their engines ahead of the sport’s showpiece event; the T20 World Cup, co-hosted by Sri Lanka and India.

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Harry Brook, the England captain under the microscope after getting a hefty fine for a nightclub altercation with a bouncer in New Zealand.

The itinerary begins with three ODIs in Colombo before the caravan moves to Kandy for three T20Is. For the tourists, particularly in the 50-over format, there is plenty of repair work to be done. Since the 2023 World Cup, where England limped to a seventh-place finish in the ten-team competition, their form has nosedived. They have lost five of six bilateral series since and endured a Champions Trophy to forget last year, failing to win a single match and even slipping up against Afghanistan.