Colombo: Pakistan captain Younis Khan won the toss Sunday and elected to bat first in the second cricket test against Sri Lanka at P. Sara-Oval.

Sri Lanka fielded an unchanged lineup to the side that won the first test in Galle last week, while Pakistan dropped opener Salman Butt and replaced him with allrounder Fawad Alam.

Meanwhile authorities at P.Saravanamuttu Stadium, the oldest cricket ground in Sri Lanka, announced that the ground from now be known as P.Sara-Oval under a new branding stratergy.

Teams:

Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (captain), Malinda Warnapura, Tharanga Paranavitana, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Anjelo Mathews, Ajantha Mendis, Thilan Thushara, Rangana Herath and Nuwan Kulasekera.

Pakistan: Younis Khan (captain), Khurram Manzoor, Mohammad Yousuf, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Aamer, Abdur Rauf and Fawad Alam.
Umpires: Simon Taufel, Australia, and Daryl Harper, Australia.

TV Umpire: Kumar Dharmasena, Sri Lanka. Match Referee: Alan Hurst, Australia.