Mahanama, Vaas, Zoysa back for Sri Lanka (21 October 1998)
The return of Roshan Mahanama, Chaminda Vaas and Nuwan Zoysa are the main features of Sri Lanka's fourteen for the Wills International Cup in Bangladesh, announced by selectors today
21-Oct-1998
21 October 1998
Mahanama, Vaas, Zoysa back for Sri Lanka
Rick Eyre in CricInfo365
The return of Roshan Mahanama, Chaminda Vaas and Nuwan Zoysa are the
main features of Sri Lanka's fourteen for the Wills International Cup
in Bangladesh, announced by selectors today.
Mahanama has been out of favour after being dropped following the tour
of South Africa in March. A brief recall for the Nidahas Trophy
one-day series in July was followed by omission from the England
touring squad, and a brief sojourn examining his technique in
Australia. Zoysa has not played for Sri Lanka since breaking down on
the South African tour, but has been among the wickets in the BCCSL
Under-23 championships in recent weeks. Vaas has also not bowled for
his country since the South African tour, his return to fitness coming
too late to be of any value in England in August.
The return of the left-arm pace duo of Zoysa and Vaas should bolster
Sri Lanka's prospects. Commonwealth Games batting star Avishka
Gunawardene has been retained for this series. Suresh Perera is out
due to injury.
The full Sri Lankan squad is:
Arjuna Ranatunga (capt), Aravinda De Silva (vc), Roshan Mahanama,
Hashan Tillekeratne, Sanath Jayasuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Mavan
Atapattu, Mutiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas, Avishka Gunawardene,
Upul Chandana, Nuwan Soysa, Pramodya Wikramasinghe, Kumara Dharmasena.
The defending World Cup holders are slight pre-tournament favourites
for the Bangladesh knockout. They play either New Zealand or Zimbabwe
in their opening game on October 26.
Source :: CricInfo365