KP comes in for England

Kevin Pietersen took his place as the only change in England's team for Thursday's ICC World Twenty20 semi-final against Sri Lanka at Beausejour Stadium.

Pietersen, who arrived back in the West Indies on Wednesday afternoon after his dash across the Atlantic to witness the birth of his first child in London, replaces Ravi Bopara from the team which beat New Zealand at this venue three days ago.

Sri Lanka, who won the toss and chose to bat, predictably brought in their finger and wrist-spinner Ajantha Mendis, at the expense of left-arm pace bowler Thilan Thushara, against opponents who have had little previous opportunity to come to terms with his variations.

England (from): PD Collingwood (captain), C Kieswetter, MJ Lumb, KP Pietersen, EJG Morgan, LJ Wright, MH Yardy, TT Bresnan, GP Swann, SCJ Broad, RJ Sidebottom.

Sri Lanka (from): KC Sangakkara (captain, wkt), DPMD Jayawardene, ST Jayasuriya, TM Dilshan, AD Mathews, CK Kapugedara, NLTC Perera, CU Jayasinghe, S Randiv, SL Malinga, BAW Mendis.