Trescothick likely to be fit for Kandy

Marcus Trescothick admitted that he thought his tour may have been over when his twisted his knee in turning to chase a ball against the Colts XI on Saturday. Trescothick left the field immediately, and though he returned later was soon forced off again for further treatment.

"I feared the worst because I saw Mark Lathwell do the cruciate ligament in his knee and it was not pretty and mine seemed a pretty similar sort of thing," Trescothick said.

"It was very difficult to walk on and you do start wondering whether that is the end of the tour for you. The last couple of days have been fine but I'm a little worried about it still because it's up in the air about what exactly is wrong with it."

Dean Conway has been applying ice to the knee throughout today, but it would be a major surprise - and setback for England - if Trescothick was not to take his place in the starting XI come Wednesday morning.

Trescothick has looked like England's best batsman so far on this tour. His debut century in the First Test was followed by a second innings 50, and a murderous 85 in the one-day game last weekend.

The Somerset left-hander also revealed the personal significance of his Galle hundred. A promise made to the family of a friend, Eddie Gregg, who recently died of leukaemia, was to dedicate the innings to the memory of his close friend.

"I spoke to his dad Alan before I came out and told him that when I scored my first Test century it would be for Eddie," explained Trescothick.

"That was why I looked up to the sky when I got there. I will probably continue doing it. We played cricket together when we were younger but he was always more of a soccer player and I've spoken to his parents since and they were delighted."

Trescothick also admitted that he had suffered from nerves in the past, particularly when approaching a century, and expressed the hope that now the psychological barrier of the first Test hundred has been negotiated, he will go on to produce plenty more.

"Scoring hundreds have been a bit of a problem for me and I've probably brought pressure on myself. I enjoy scoring hundreds but in the last three years I've put so much emphasis on doing it.

"I've got to 85 or 90 on five or six different occasions and panicked a little bit and got out; it escalates because when you do it once and then do it again it builds up and it is something you have to overcome."

Meanwhile, England have named their squad for the Test in Kandy. Vaughan and Hoggard are added to the XI that lost in Galle, but no changes are likely when the final team is announced.

Zoysa returns for Sri Lanka, having missed out in Galle due to injury.

England (from): N Hussain (Essex, capt), M A Atherton (Lancs), M E Trescothick (Somerset), G P Thorpe (Surrey), A J Stewart (Surrey, wkt), G A Hick (Worcs), C White (Yorks), A F Giles (Warwicks), R D B Croft (Glamorgan), A R Caddick (Somerset), D Gough (Yorks), M P Vaughan (Yorks), M J Hoggard (Yorks).

Sri Lanka (from): S Jayasuriya (capt), M Atapattu, K Sangakkara (wkt), P A de Silva, M Jayawardene, R P Arnold, T M Dilshan, K Dharmasena, D Fernando, M Muralitharan, W P U V C Vaas, N Zoysa, D Hettiarachchi.

Umpires: R E Koertzen (Rsa), B C Cooray

Third umpire: P Manuel

Match referee: H Singh (Ind).