1.  Sri Lanka was missing star opener Sanath Jayasuriya, who has a broken arm, but made a start the hard-hitting batsman would have been proud of.

2.  Sri Lanka started the day disastrously, losing star opener Sanath Jayasuriya for eight, caught behind off paceman Chris Cairns.

3.  Star opener Sanath Jayasuriya has succeeded Ranatunga as skipper.

4.  A further blow came when star opener Nathan Astle was ruled out of the tour due to knee injury after just playing the first one-day match.

5.  The Sri Lankan start was even worse, with star opener Jayasuriya failing to score.