They have not been whitewashed on home soil since losing 3-0 to Mark Taylor's Australia side 13 years ago.

Captain Andrew Strauss told BBC Sport: "There's a lot of guys with a hell of a lot of talent in our dressing-room.

"We haven't shown what we are capable of yet and we are motivated by that rather than avoiding a whitewash."

Strauss, who may be able to welcome back batsman Kevin Pietersen and all-rounder Paul Collingwood, added: "We have one more chance to show what we can do."

Sri Lanka lead the series 4-0 after performances up and down the country which have been far more convincing than England's.

Organisers at Headingley plan to use drinks breaks to screen updates from England's football World Cup quarterfinal against Portugal in Gelsenkirchen.

That match starts at 1600 BST, but Strauss hopes that if England's players are in the field they will be fully focused on the cricket.

"We can't afford to be distracted. We need to be right on top of our game," he said.

"If the crowd's a little bit distracted we'll forgive them for that, but hopefully we will provide enough entertainment for them not to follow the football too closely.

"As captain I'll be a bit annoyed if the fielders aren't watching what I am doing and watching the football instead!"

England have a good recent record at Headingley, having won seven of their last one-day games at the ground, including a nine-wicket success against Australia last year when Marcus Trescothick hit an unbeaten 104.

He is again likely to have Alastair Cook as his opening partner after they launched the innings with a stand of 77 at Old Trafford on Wednesday.

TEAMS
ENGLAND (from): A Strauss (captain), M Trescothick, I Bell, K Pietersen, P Collingwood, A Cook, V Solanki, J Dalrymple, G Jones (wkt), T Bresnan, A Loudon, L Plunkett, S Harmison, S Mahmood, Kabir Ali.

SRI LANKA (from): M Jayawardene (captain), K Sangakkara (wkt), S Jayasuriya, U Tharanga, T Dilshan, C Kapugedera, R Arnold, F Maharoof, C Vaas, L Malinga, D Fernando, R Perera, M Bandara.