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Alex Hales returns for England in third ODI with Sri Lanka

Alex Hales is recalled by England in one of three changes for the third ODI with Sri Lanka, with Ben Stokes and Chris Jordan also back in the side in Hambantota.

Alex Hales has been recalled by England in one of three changes to the side for the third one-day international with Sri Lanka in Hambantota.

Ben Stokes and Chris Jordan also return as England experiment following successive defeats, with Ian Bell, Harry Gurney and James Tredwell dropping out.

Tredwell's omission leaves all-rounder Moeen Ali as Alastair Cook's most senior spinner. Hales is expected to come in at three, where he has not batted for Nottinghamshire in over four years.

Sri Lanka make one change, with prolific batsman Mahela Jayawardene being rested and 32-year-old Thilina Kandamby making his first ODI appeared since 2011 in the middle order.

England: Ali, Cook (c), Hales, Root, Morgan, Buttler (wk), Bopara, Stokes, Woakes, Jordan, Finn

Sri Lanka: Dilshan, K. Perera, Sangakkara (wk), Kandamby, Mathews (c), Thirimanne, J. Mendis, T. Perera, Prasad, Herath, A. Mendis

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England cricketer Moeen Ali raises his bat and helmet in celebration after scoring a century (100 runs) during the first One Day International (ODI) match between Sri Lanka and England at the R. Premadasa Cricket Stadium in Colombo on November 26, 2014
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