Two rookies in SL squad
CricInfo, undated
Sri Lanka have named their Test and one-day squads for the tour of New Zealand which starts next month.As the board announced on Tuesday Marvan Atapattu is not included in the Test party but there are recalls for Chamara Silva and Akalanka Ganegama. Silva is a middle-order batsman and leg-spinner who played the last of his 10 one-day internationals against India at Bristol in 2002 while Ganegama is a 25-year-old seam bowler. Neither player has yet won a Test cap and Silva is likely to compete for a place in the final XI with Chamara Kapugedera. TEST SQUAD Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Tillekaratne Dilshan, Chamara Kapugedera, Chamara Silva, Prasanna Jayawardene, Farveez Maharoof, Chaminda Vaas, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando, Akalanka Ganegama, Muttiah Muralidaran. ONE-DAY SQUAD Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Marvan Atapattu, Tillekaratne Dilshan, Chamara Kapugedera, Chamara Silva, Farveez Maharoof, Chaminda Vaas, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralidaran, Malinga Bandara, Ruchira Perera.
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