Sri Lanka: Daily News round up (12 June 1997)

Thursday 12, June 1997

SRI LANKA SPORTS NEWS AT-A-GLANCE

Compiled by Dinesh Weerawansa

CRICKET (Abroad):

* India has reinstated Mohammed Azharuddin for the inaugural Siyaram Cup three-nation cricket tournament which starts in Hyderabad tomorrow. All matches will be played at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium and only the final on June 16 will be a day night affair.

Azharuddin returns to the side after being sacked from the side for the recent Pepsi Independence Cup which was won by Sri Lanka. Both New Zealand and Pakistan will field the same sides which took part in the Pepsi Independence Cup. The three teams will play each other once and the top two teams will play in the final. Hosts India will meet New Zealand in tomorrow's `curtain raiser'. On Friday, New Zealand will play Pakistan and the battle between arch rivals India and Pakistan will be played on Saturday.

* Sri Lanka is still undecided on their final X1 for their first Test against the West Indies to be played at Antigua Recreation grounds, St.Vincent from Friday. This will be the first ever Test between the two countries on Caribbean islands soil and only the second Test overall since the two teams met for thee first time in a rain-hit drawn Test in Moratuwa.

Sri Lanka is likely to open batting with Roshan Mahanama and Sanath Jayasuriya with Marvan Atapattu at No.3. Dulip Liyanage could well be the newball partner to Sajeeva de Silva in the absence of injured pacemen Chaminda Vaas and Nuwan Zoysa.

Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)