Jayasuriya left out of Sri Lanka squad

Sanath Jayasuriya has been left out of Sri Lanka’s 12-man squad for the second Test at Edgbaston but Lasith Malinga, the pace bowler, is included.
Jehan Mubarak, the out-of-form opening batsman, has been omitted after two low scores in the drawn first Test at Lord’s and his place is taken by Michael Vandort instead of Jayasuriya.
Jayasuriya arrived in England during the Lord’s match after announcing the end of his Test retirement following persuasion by Sri Lanka’s new chairman of selectors Asantha De Mel. However, the Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene said it was important the team gave their younger players a chance to shine.
Malinga, 22, who took five wickets during the recent draw with Sussex, the tourists’ final warm-up match before the second Test, could now come into the line-up after Sri Lanka took just six wickets as England piled up 551 for six declared in their only innings at Lord’s.
England will make a final decision on their team this morning and with an unsettled forecast there is still a chance Jon Lewis could win his first Test cap in place of Monty Panesar.
Source:The News
Capture the Conversation tells you what people are saying right now!
Share on Twitter | StumbleUpon | Del.icio.us | Digg | Facebook
Thank you for reading this post. You can now Leave A Comment (0) or Leave A Trackback.
Post Info
This entry was posted on Thursday, May 25th, 2006 and is filed under Cricket.You can follow any responses to this entry through the Comments Feed. You can Leave A Comment, or A Trackback.
Previous Post: Sharjah to hold Twenty20 Cup in June »
Next Post: No selection on basis of performance in practice games »
Read More
Related Reading:-
Jayasuriya set for Test comebackJayasuriya back to Test cricketMoody guarded over Jayasuriya returnJayasuriya’s featSanath Jayasuriya upbeat about Test recallMinister influences Jayasuriya selectionTharanga relishes opening with JayasuriyaShane Bond’s mission to target JayasuriyaJayasuriya recall opens up Box of PandoraBatsmen of Sri Lanka historic blitz makes it 5-0
- Symonds helps Deccan to first home win
- Younis, Yousuf and Malik out of central contracts
- Mature Clarke seals satisfying century
- Hayden turns big chase into cakewalk
- Pietersen slams Chittagong pitch
- Smith on track for World Twenty20 return
- Alastair Cook set to stand by four bowlers
- Saeed to continue as Pakistan manager for World Twenty20
- I let captaincy affect my batting
- Gautam Gambhir ruled out for Chennai game




Australia
Bangladesh
England
India
New Zealand
Pakistan
South Africa
Sri Lanka
West Indies
Zimbabwe