Nothing on offer for the England seamers so far, with no swing in evidence on a seemingly placid wicket.

When the ball's not doing much, express pace or relentless accuracy are a bowler's main weapons, but Steven Finn has neither in his locker at the moment - he sends down a floaty half-volley on leg stump and Dilshan clips him for yet another boundary.

Plenty to ponder for England over their drinks. Make mine a stiff one.

Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

"I do like the idea of Moeen Ali pitching the ball outside off stump, aiming to put the ball in the rough. Eoin Morgan should give him some extra protection on the off side."

It was pace off the ball that foxed England temporarily in the middle of their innings, and pace off the ball is the call from Eoin Morgan now as he turns to Moeen Ali for the first time.

Moeen can't replicate the suffocating accuracy of Dilshan in his spell though, and the Sri Lankan, who now has the bat in his hand, takes advantage of a wide ball with a late cut for four. Runs continuing to flow for Sri Lanka, beads of sweat starting to flow on Eoin Morgan's brow.

Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

"The Sri Lanka batting line-up is formidable but once you get past Sangakkara, Jayawardene and Mathews, there is a bit of a drop off."

Andrew Morris: Sri Lanka will make this run chase look easy unless something dramatic happens. They'll knock the runs off with five overs to spare.

Thirimanne's fluent innings has allowed Tillakaratne Dilshan - usually the getaway driver for this Sri Lanka side - to take a back seat so far.

He puts his foot on the accelerator though when Finn strays on to his pads and he clips him through midwicket for four.

Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

"England have won 19, tied one and lost eight of the ODIs in which they have scored 300 batting first. Their percentage (28.57%) of matches lost after making 300 batting first is the highest of the Test-playing countries.

"Should they lose today they will become the first team to lose nine matches having scored 300 batting first. They are currently equal with India on eight on this list."

Woakes has made a pretty decent start to his spell, but he eventually errs with a wide one and Thirimanne, who looks in glorious touch, eases him through the covers for four. Problems for England: problems that Eoin Morgan must solve.

We also have another match in the World Cup this morning as Pakistan take on Zimbabwe in a Pool B match in Brisbane.

Younis Khan is dropped by Pakistan after scores of six and nought in his side's first two matches and is replaced by fast bowler Rahat Ali.

Chamu Chibhabha, Solomon Mire and Tawanda Mupariwa are in for Zimbabwe with Regis Chakabva, Tafadzwa Kamungozi and Stuart Matsikenyeri dropping out.

Pakistan: Ahmed Shehzad, Nasir Jamshed, Haris Sohail, Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Sohaib Maqsood, Umar Akmal (wkt), Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Khan, Rahat Ali, Mohammad Irfan.

Zimbabwe: CJ Chibhabha, Sikandar Raza, H Masakadza, BRM Taylor (wkt), SC Williams, CR Ervine, E Chigumbura (capt), SF Mire, T Mupariwa, T Panyangara, TL Chatara.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport in Wellington

"I've just heard the first hint of the Barmy Army in this World Cup, their signature song, the one where they tell everybody who they are. It's not the first time I've heard that song, mind. Afghanistan fans had their own version for the game against Scotland in Dunedin. 'We are the Afghan!'"

It was at around this point, after the end of the first powerplay, that Sri Lanka dried up England's runs after a fast start and eventually coaxed a couple of cheap wickets.

Can England pull the same trick? They'll need Steven Finn to be more accurate than this - the new bowler sends down a leg-side wide and then overpitches, allowing Thirimanne to drive him classically down the ground for four.

The opener then pockets another boundary with an ingenious ramp shot over the slips. How cute was that? Cuter than a newborn spring lamb. Excellent start from Sri Lanka.

Josh Payne: I just don't understand the decision to take the new ball away from Woakes.

Jon Evans: And this is why 310 is par... too easy for Sri Lanka currently.

Perhaps Chris Woakes could be the man? That's Eoin Morgan's line of thinking anyway, and he brings the Warwickshire bowler into the attack to replace James Anderson.

Woakes has been one of England's better performers in this tournament so far and he's on the money straight away, restricting the batsmen to two singles.

Sri Lanka 55-0 (10 overs) - target 310

Batsmen: Thirimanne 23*, Dilshan 28*

Bowling figures: Anderson 5-0-23-0, Broad 5-1-28-0

England 309-6: Root 121, Bell 49, Buttler 39*

England won toss

Scorecard

Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

"I think bigger scores happen more regularly in the sub-Continent so that's why teams like Sri Lanka aren't as fazed chasing scores above 300. This has the hallmarks of being a close game."

England just need to hang tough and keep their composure here. They've got plenty of runs to defend, which allows Morgan to keep three slips in for Broad.

A better over for England yields only three runs, but that's still Sri Lanka's highest powerplay score in this tournament. England could do with a wicket here - but where do they turn to make that breakthrough?

Sri Lanka are on the attack here. Thirimanne sizes up a straight one from Anderson and belts it on the up through the covers for an imperious four. This still looks an ominously good wicket, you know.

As if to prove the point, Thirimanne smacks another boundary, flaying a wide delivery past point. Ten off the over - game very much on here.

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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

"Stuart Broad appears to have grown an extra pair of ears today. His hearing is very sensitive - he's picking up all kinds of sounds. He's appealed three times when the batsman hasn't nicked it."

Stuart Broad's juices are flowing but he needs to keep control here. He tries to dig in a short ball but it sits up and Dilshan swivels on it and deposits it over cow corner for the first six of the innings.

Dilshan, who scored a big hundred against Bangladesh, is warming to his task here and he collects another maximum, picking up a good-length ball from Broad and flick-pulling it over the rope at midwicket. Superb shot. The veteran opener ends a productive over with two to midwicket, and Sri Lanka are motoring.

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England are definitely fired up for this one - words exchanged between Broad and Dilshan at the change of ends.

Anderson, a man not exactly shy of a few on-pitch verbals, is content to let his bowling do the talking for now - he keeps Sri Lanka to three singles from another tight over, and England are just beginning to ratchet up the pressure here.