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.

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.