Kariyawasam included in Sri Lanka squad

Gayathri Kariyawasam, the right-arm fast bowler, has been included in Sri Lanka's 15-member squad for the Women's World Cup in Australia next month. Kariyawasam is the only change to the squad currently on tour in Bangladesh.

The team will be led by the long-standing Shashikala Siriwardene. Sri Lanka are placed in Group A with England, Pakistan and India. Their first game is against England at the Manuka Oval in Canberra on February 7.

Squad: Shashikala Siriwardene (capt), Chamari Polgampola, Dedunu Silva, Suwini de Alwis, Chamani Seneviratna (vice-capt), Eshani Kaushalya, Sripali Weerakkody, Dilani Manodara (wk), Hiruka Fernando, Rose Fernando, Chandi Wickremasinghe, Inoka Galagedara, Deepika Rasangika, Udeshika Prabodhani, Gayathri Kariyawasam