Alastair Cook will have an early chance to try and reach the 10,000-run landmark after England were asked to bat by Angelo Mathews on an overcast Headingley morning.
England kick-off the Test season when they take on Sri Lanka in the first match of the three-Test series against Sri Lanka in Headingley.
Sri Lanka have happy memories from the venue as they staged a dramatic 100-run win over the hosts.
The visitors would be missing the services of Dhammika Prasad, hero in 2014, this time around due to injury but would like the team, undergoing transition, to put up a fight in testing conditions.
England captain Alastair Cook on Wednesday said he was well aware that his looming membership of the 10,000 Test -run club would be a significant landmark in an already successful career.
Sri Lanka will pay tribute to all those who have lost their lives in landslides that have rocked the nation when they face England in the first Test at Headingley starting on Thursday.
Eng XI: Cook (capt), Hales, Compton, Root, Vince, Stokes, Bairstow (wk), Moeen, Broad, Finn, Anderson
SL XI: Dimuth, Kaushal, Kusal Mendis, Chandimal (wk), Mathews (c), Thirimanne, SHANAKA, Herath, Chameera, Eranga, Pradeep
