<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and opted to bat in a must-win game for the defending champions against Sri Lanka on Thursday at the Cricket World Cup.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>England has one win — against Bangladesh — from its opening four games at the tournament following heavy losses to New Zealand and South Africa and an upset defeat to Afghanistan.</div><div><br></div><div>Sri Lanka's five-wicket win over the Netherlands last weekend was its first victory in four games at the tournament.</div><div><br></div><div>England made three changes to its side from the massive defeat against South Africa.</div><div><br></div><div>Pacer Reece Topley was already ruled out of the tournament with a hand injury, and was replaced by all-rounder Chris Woakes.</div><div><br></div><div>Spin all-rounder Moeen Ali and big-hitting batsman Liam Livingstone have also been included, with Harry Brook and pacer Gus Atkinson left out.</div><div><br></div><div>Sri Lanka brought in all-rounder Angelo Mathews as an injury replacement for pacer Matheesha Pathirana. Medium pacer Lahiru Kumara also comes into the side, with bowling all-rounders Dushan Hemantha and Chamika Karunratne left out.</div><div><br></div><div>Buttler has managed only 87 runs in four games thus far, with a highest of 43.</div><div><br></div><div>Sri Lanka is unbeaten against England in their past four World Cup meetings.</div><div><br></div><div>Lineups:</div><div><br></div><div>England: Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (captain), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.</div><div><br></div><div>Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis (captain), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Dilshan Madushanka. AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>