Chaminda Vaas forced out of Sharjah Cup
Sri Lanka's star fast bowler Chaminda Vaas has been forced out of the ongoing Sharjah Cup quadrangular with an injured right ankle
Charlie Austin
05-Apr-2003
Sri Lanka's star fast bowler Chaminda Vaas has been forced out of the
ongoing Sharjah Cup quadrangular with an injured right ankle.
The left-armer, the leading wicket-taker in the World Cup with 23 scalps,
will return home to Colombo to receive treatment before a two-Test series
with New Zealand.
"Chaminda (Vaas) will be returning tonight," confirmed Ajit Jayasekera, the
Sri Lanka team manager.
"With some rest and treatment we are hopeful that he will be ok for the New
Zealand series, we just don't to take any risks with him here," added
Jayasekera.
Sri Lanka have called up uncapped paceman Dharshana Gamage as a replacement.
The 24-year-old right-arm fast bowler, also known as Dharshana Nayanakantha,
who plays his club cricket for Bloomfield, joins his first international
tour after impressing against the ECB Academy.