Banton and Brook repair England's innings in the Oval series decider

England reached 175 for 2 at the Oval as Tom Banton and Harry Brook repaired an innings that had lost two wickets early in the series decider against Sri Lanka

Brook won the toss and chose to bat in the third and final one-day international at the Oval, with the three-match series level at 1-1 and England without Jos Buttler.

Ben Duckett was bowled without scoring and Joe Root was trapped lbw on review, leaving the captain to rebuild alongside Banton. After 32 overs England had recovered to 175 for 2.

Sri Lanka named an unchanged side, the one that levelled the series with a 16-run win at Headingley on Thursday.

A start England had to repair

Duckett was bowled without scoring, and England were a wicket down before the innings had settled.

Root followed soon after, given out lbw on review, and at two down inside the first hour England were closer to trouble than to the platform Brook had wanted when he chose to bat.

Brook was then dropped early in his innings, a reprieve England made count. He and Banton took the score to 175 for 2 in 32 overs, a rate that leaves a substantial total in reach if the pair bat on.

Three changes for the decider

England made three changes from Headingley. Jordan Cox came in for Buttler and took the gloves, while Liam Dawson and Sonny Baker replaced Rehan Ahmed and Josh Tongue.

Dawson gives Brook a left-arm spinner to set against Sri Lanka's middle order, and Baker adds pace to an attack that also carries Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson and Jamie Overton.

Dan Lawrence was added to the squad as cover after Buttler's injury, but did not make the eleven.

Sri Lanka's win at Headingley came defending a total, which is the task England have now handed their own bowlers by batting first.

Buttler's hamstring leaves a hole

Buttler pulled up with a hamstring injury while batting at Headingley and left the field, and he was ruled out of the decider in the days that followed.

His absence costs England both a wicketkeeper and a batter who was in form when the injury struck, and it is Cox — playing his first one-day international in two years — who inherits the gloves.

Sri Lanka keep faith with the side that levelled it

Kusal Mendis leads and keeps wicket for Sri Lanka, with Pathum Nissanka, Kamindu Mendis, Pavan Rathnayake, Charith Asalanka and Janith Liyanage in the top order.

Dunith Wellalage, who took three wickets at Headingley, shares the spin with Sachindu Colombage, while Asitha Fernando, Eshan Malinga and the left-arm Dilshan Madushanka take the new ball and the death overs.

It is a side that has already shown this week that it can hold a total in English conditions, and Brook's decision at the toss hands Sri Lanka the chase rather than the defence.

Mendis's batting and his captaincy shaped the Headingley win, and Sri Lanka have resisted any temptation to change a combination that worked.

What the decider settles

England won the opening one-day international at Chester-le-Street, Sri Lanka levelled the series at Headingley, and the winner at the Oval takes the series.

For Brook it is a chance to close out a home one-day series as captain; for Sri Lanka it is the prospect of a series win in England from a position they had to fight their way back into.

England's innings is the first half of that argument, and at 175 for 2 it is still open.

Scorecard: England 175 for 2 (32 overs) v Sri Lanka, third ODI, Kennington Oval.

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