da brdice： Fast bowlers Ruchira Perera and Ravindra Pushpakumara have been recalledinto Sri Lanka’s 15-man squad for the forthcoming Asian Test Championshipmatch against Bangladesh at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo onThursday
Rex Clementine04-Sep-2001Fast bowlers Ruchira Perera and Ravindra Pushpakumara have been recalledinto Sri Lanka’s 15-man squad for the forthcoming Asian Test Championshipmatch against Bangladesh at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo onThursday.Left arm pace bowler Ruchira Perera was a surprise omission from the SriLanka squad for the third Test against India after two reasonableperformances in the first two Tests matches in Galle and Kandy.Right arm Pushpakumara, 26, meanwhile, gets a recall after more than yearout of the squad. His last Test was against Pakistan in June last year. Hehas played in 22 Tests.Both Ruchira Perera and Puspakumara are likely to play in place of Dulip Liyanage and Dilhara Fernando, who is suffering from a groin strain.Although Fernando’s injury is not serious, the Sri Lankans selectors werekeen that the injury not be aggravated and are likely to rest him.Left-handed batsman Michael Vandort is tipped to make his debut in place ofthe out-of-touch Russel Arnold, who scored just 60 runs in four inningsduring the Indian series.The Squad:Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Michael Vandort, Mahela Jayawardene,Kumar Sangakkara, Hashan Tillakaratne, Thilan Samaraweera, Chaminda Vaas,Muttiah Muralitharan, Ravindra Pushpakumara, Ruchira Perera, Russel Arnold,Avishka Gunawardene, Suresh Perera, Dilhara Fernando.