Still recovering from their 87-run drubbing against Australia, former champions China wood drying kilns Manufacturers Sri Lanka will now face a tough battle for survival when they lock horns with a dominant England in their World Cup fixture here Friday.While against New Zealand, Sri Lanka lost five wickets for 14 runs to be bundled out for 136, they were dismissed for 201 in 36.Last week, Sri Lanka suffered a 87-run loss against Australia at London and it will take a special performance for the Island nation to keep themselves afloat for the knockout stage when they come across hosts England, who have looked simply unstoppable.In batting, Sri Lanka too have to address their vulnerability in the middle order which saw them collapse in every match so far.Match starts at 3pm (IST).

In their last match against Australia, Sri Lanka slipped from 205 for 3 to be all out for 247 and the Dimuth Karunaratne-led side will have to come up with an extraordinary batting effort to counter the likes of Jofra Archer and Mark Wood, who have 12 and 9 wickets so far respectively.The government declared three days of national mourning and organised an emergency cabinet meeting, due to start at 1030 GMT.Police have started an investigation and in the early hours of Saturday groups of sombre-faced officers were still sifting through evidence outside the club. Hospital sources said nine were in a critical condition."

"It is a very sad moment for our nation," he said in a post on his Facebook page, expressing his "solidarity and compassion" for the families of the victims."People were fainting, they were fainting because of the smoke.The crowd panicked as thick smoke engulfed the room, leaving people scrambling to escape from the club, located in a communist-era basement. Of the nearly 200 injured, 146 people were hospitalised for burns, smoke inhalation and other injuries, he said.Speaking at the launch facility in Kourou, ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC) Director M Annadurai said the launch of GSAT-15 will enable ISRO to provide continuity of service to Indian users in Ku-band. GSAT-15 was hurtled into the orbit very close to the intended one after its co-passenger Arabsat-6B (BADR-7) was injected into the space. The satellite with a lift-off mass of 3,164 kg was injected into the intended Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) about 43 minutes after a perfect lift-off of Ariane 5 at 3:04 AM (IST) on flight VA-227. Providing replacement for the Ku-band capacity of INSAT-3A and INSAT-4B satellites, GSAT-15 will augment and support the existing DTH and VSAT services in the country.