England hit by virus

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Fast bowler Stuart Broad, captain Paul Collingwood, Luke Wright and Alastair Cook have all contracted the virus and could all be doubtful for England's only warm-up match in Colombo on Friday.

"A few of the lads have gone down with some sort of stomach illness... if it's like Stuart's it was only a 24 to 36-hour thing so hopefully it will clear up pretty quickly," said Moores.

Broad trained for the first time since coming down with the illness but was not able to operate at full capacity and coach Peter Moores admitted the others could miss Friday's contest.

Moores added: "Stuart trained for the first time today and is still a bit weak and it looks like it's going to be one or two days for the rest of the lads.

"We might be light of a couple of players for the practice game on Friday, but we have a 15-man squad for these things and if you're going to get a bug, you get a bug.

"Alastair Cook's version of it is that if you're going to get it, let's get it out of the way before the big games. There's nothing you can do about it."

England start their five-match series with the first of three matches in Dambulla on Monday against a Sri Lanka side who reached the World Cup final back in May.