Dilshan hopes to return for ODI

Sri Lanka are hopeful skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan can return to the side in the first one-day international with hosts England at The Oval on Tuesday.



The 34-year-old opening batsman missed the drawn final Test with a broken thumb and is not expected to be fit for Saturday's Twenty20 international.



Also, injured paceman Dilhara Fernando has been replaced by Dhammika Prasad.

The return of Dilshan will be greatly welcomed by the tourists, who were beaten 1-nil by England in the rain-affected three-match Test series, having succumbed to a dramatic final day collapse in the opening game in Cardiff.



Dilshan fractured his thumb during a magnificent 193 which helped save the second Test at Lord's, and has scored 10 one-day centuries and 22 fifties from his 203 internationals at an average of 36.



Batsman Thilina Kandamby, who captained the side at Worcester, is in line to deputise if Dilshan fails to make Saturday's Twenty20 game.