Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl in the final ODI of the series at Cardiff. The pitch is expected to assist seam bowlers. England Captain Eoin Morgan said he would have opted to bowl first as well. It is the first time in the series that England will bat in the first innings. Check full Scorecard

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England already have the series sewn up 2-0.

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Rain is expected to interrupt play, and had in fact begun to come down as the toss formalities were being completed.

The start of play was delayed by ten minutes but the weather is forecast to improve as the afternoon progresses.

Playing XI

England:  1 James Vince, 2 Jason Roy, 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan (Capt), 5 Jonny Bairstow, 6 Jos Buttler (wk), 7 Chris Jordan, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 David Willey, 10 Liam Plunkett, 11 Adil Rashid. 

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Sri Lanka1 Kusal Perera, 2 Danushka Gunathilaka, 3 Kusal Mendis, 4 Dinesh Chandimal, 5 Angelo Mathews (capt), 6 Seekkuge Prasanna, 7 Upul Tharanga, 8 Dasun Shanaka, 9 Chaminda Bandara, 10 Nuwan Pradeep, 11 Suranga Lakmal

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