1.   Adams and Boje replaced bowlers Clive Eksteen and Meyrick Pringle.

2.   Australia, faced with a similar situation was forced to replace fast bowler Craig McDermott, who also injured his hamstring.

3.   Australian leg spinner Stuart MacGill replaced fast bowler Michael Kasprowicz.

4.   England included rookie paceman Alex Tudor and off-spinner Peter Such, replacing bowlers Alan Mullally and Angus Fraser from the fourth test side.

5.   He replaces fast bowler Merv Dillon.

6.   Sri Lanka will have to replace bowler Nuwan Zoysa, who broke down Tuesday night and remained in Melbourne for a back scan.

7.   The Victorian replaced fast bowler Andy Bichel who was forced to return to Australia with a persistent back injury.

8.   Sri Lanka replaced fast bowler Champaka Ramanayake with left-armer Chaminda Vaas while Pakistan brought back star batsman Basit Ali in place of Zahid Fazal.