Summary The fourth ODI between England and Sri Lanka will be played today (Wednesday) at The Oval.
LONDON (AFP) - England captain Eoin Morgan wants his side to keep their concentration when they continue their one-day international series against Sri Lanka at The Oval on Wednesday.
Morgan s men are 1-0 up with two to play in the five-match campaign after rain just four overs into their innings stopped them building on a good bowling display in the third ODI at Bristol on Sunday.
England and Sri Lanka played out a thrilling tie in last week s first ODI at Trent Bridge before the hosts stormed to a 10-wicket win in the second match of the series at Edgbaston.
It all leaves England with work still to do if they are to win the series, following their 2-0 victory in the preceding three-Test campaign against Sri Lanka, and they could face further frustration at The Oval if rain forecast for south London duly arrives at Surrey s headquarters ground.
"It s certainly going to be one of the challenges over the next couple of games we play," said Morgan at The Oval on Tuesday.
"With a lot of weather around, that is always a huge challenge that it doesn t become a distraction -- and to switch on when we need to.
"We want to play as much cricket as we can, and I suppose (the weather) has halted a little bit of the momentum we ve had," the former Ireland batsman added.
"Tomorrow is about regaining that a little bit."
Many of Morgan s team-mates were watching on television as England s football team suffered a humiliating exit from Euro 2016 following a 2-1 defeat by minnows Iceland in Nice on Monday.
While attention now turns to a replacement for Roy Hodgson, who resigned as England manager on Monday, Morgan s team have shown that improvement can happen after exiting a major tournament.
England s cricketers suffered an embarrassing group-stage exit at last year s World Cup following a defeat by makeweights Bangladesh in Adelaide.
But with Australian Trevor Bayliss replacing Peter Moores as coach, a new-look England side adopting an aggressive approach have enjoyed some notable successes in limited overs cricket, including reaching the final of this year s World Twenty20.
"The learning experience we ve had over the last 12 months, with the new group of players, has been so significant that there is almost a completely different team," said Morgan.
"I suppose for us, it was going with a new method and a new group of players."
