Mathews wants settled side for England series

Colombo, Nov 21 (AP): Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews wants a settled side to face England in their limited-overs series starting next week, and avoid the wholesale changes that resulted in a woeful tour to India in which his team lost all five of its matches.

Rival captain Alastair Cook said on Thursday that England was desperate to make amends for a 3-2 home series loss to Sri Lanka in May and June.

The teams are playing seven one-day internationals, the first on Wednesday in Colombo.