Pitch: 22 - A carefully prepared home track that will certainly favour the spinners later in the match. Batting should be relatively easy for the first couple of days but thereafter the spinners should find conditions increasingly in their favour. Not much in it for the quickies at any time.
Day 1 Pitch - 3 - Normal
Day 1 Weather - 2 - Hot and sunny
Sri Lanka A XI:
U.C.Haturasingha RMF
M.A.R.Samarasekera RM
M.S.Atapattu
H.P.Tillekeratne (c)
S.T.Jayasuriya SLA
R.S.Kaluwitharana (wk)
E.A.R.de Silva LBG
G.F.Labrooy RFM
M.A.W.R.Madurasinghe OB
M.Muralitharan OB
D.K.Liyanage RFM
West Indies XI:
D.L.Haynes
P.V.Simmons RM
R.B.Richardson (c)
B.C.Lara
J.C.Adams SLA
C.L.Hooper OB
D.Williams (wk)
C.E.L.Ambrose RF
I.R.Bishop RF
C.A.Walsh RF
B.P.Patterson RF
Toss: West Indies, who will bat first
West Indies have chosen what looks a full strength XI for the first of two 3 day warmup games before the ODI and Test series begins.
The side looks particularly strong in fast bowling, with late arrival to the squad, veteran Malcolm Marshall missing out.
Sri Lanka A are lead by Test batsman and part time keeper Hashan Tillekeratne, and features a number of players with Test experience.
It should be an entertaining match, with the battle between the talented young Sri Lankan batting lineup and the West Indies pace attack being particularly interesting.
How the West Indies batting lineup up cope with spin could also prove an important indicator ahead of what proves to be an interesting Test and ODI series.
With the pitch set to help the spinners an increasing amount as the match progresses, it was a good toss to win for the West Indies.
Premadasa Stadium Colombo plays host to the first game of the tour
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