Tuesday 2 December 2014 00:28, UK
Chris Woakes missed England training with a stomach upset on Monday but hopes to be fit for the third one-day international against Sri Lanka in Hambantota on Wednesday.
Woakes and assistant coach Paul Farbrace both felt unwell as the tourists made the road trip south from Colombo looking to avoid falling 3-0 down in the five-match series.
Woakes has played in the first two games, but will likely make way for either Ben Stokes or Chris Jordan should he fail to recover in time for the match at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium.
England's main headaches concern the top of the order, however, with Alastair Cook under renewed scrutiny following Saturday's eight-wicket defeat.
Both Sir Ian Botham and Kevin Pietersen called for the England skipper - who averages 29.07 in 14 ODIs in 2014 with a strike-rate of 71.4 - to be dropped after that loss, although Cook remains adamant he is the right man to lead the side into the World Cup next year despite 15 defeats in 22 games.
Nottinghamshire shot-makers Alex Hales and James Taylor, who averaged 76.8 and 86.8 respectively in domestic 50-over cricket last season, are waiting for their chance and will hope to figure on Wednesday.
Kent spinner James Tredwell says he and his team-mates know it is down to them to improve all-round performances and ease the burden on their captain.
"It is frustrating for everyone really," said the Kent spinner, admitting England at present do not seem to be able to bat and bowl well in the same match.
At least one of the disciplines keeps letting them down, new-ball bowling in the first match at the Premadasa Stadium and batting in the second.
Tredwell concedes England have been off the pace, and for much of last summer, but still contends they are capable of far better.
"Maybe some of our skills may not be up to scratch, and that is what we're trying to put right," he said.
"We're all working as hard as we can - and when things don't go right, it is not a nice feeling for the individual doing it as well as those watching.
"We're trying as hard as we can to get things right, and if we get everything right in the same game we're going to hurt people."
Asked how the captain is responding to renewed talk about his position, Tredwell said: "Pretty well, I think.
"Everyone keeps going on about him, but we don't really notice it in the dressing room.
"He's pretty level-headed and calm about it. He is a class player, and I'm sure there is a score around the corner.
"Our confidence was hit slightly. But we've chatted a lot about the way we want to play, and I think it would be wrong for us to be hit and dented by that one game.
"It was more an assessment of the surface and how we played on that surface rather than the way we got out.
"If we'd assessed it better and taken better options early on when it was tough, it might have been a different story.
"We don't want to change our method a great deal; we want to assess it a bit better."
