"There is no suggestion that the tour will be affected, but of course it is an evolving situation so we are in regular contact with the authorities and will proceed as advised, but at this stage we fully expect the tour to continue as planned." England will play the first of two practice games against a Sri Lanka Board Presidents XI in Katunayake on Saturday ahead of the Tests, which will form part of the ICC World Test Championship. England won 3-0 in Sri Lanka two years ago but Root is expecting a tougher challenge this time.

"The conditions will be a bit different with the time of year we are going this time," he said. "The three games we played out there last time were all very close with less than 60 runs between the teams in the last two Tests. "It was an exceptional performance last time and I think we can take a lot of confidence from that in terms of how to play out there. "We respect how good a side they are in their own conditions and we'll find ourselves up against a stiff challenge."

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