Five Test players in Sri Lanka 'A' team to England

By Ranjan Anandappa

CRICKET: The Sri Lanka 'A' team will leave for England on Thursday (5th July) to meet their counterparts in five three-day games and four one-dayers in a tour which will last over a month.

The team will leave on 5th of July and is expected to return on August 12.

The team comprises of five Test players, namely skipper Thilan Samaraweera, Jehan Mubarak, Chamara Kapugedera, Kaushal Lokuarachchi, Rangana Herath. They will also get the opportunity to play India, who is currently touring England in a three-day game.

Jehan Mubarak, the deputy skipper and Chamara Kapugedera are expected to flyback home and join the the national team mid-way of the English tour while Malinda Warnapura and Michael Van Dort will join the squad in England as replacements for Mubarak and Kapugedera.

Sri Lanka 'A' team to England: Thilan Samaraweera (Captain), Jehan Mubarak (Vice-Captain), Chamara Kapugedera, Mahela Udawatte, Dilruwan Perera, Kaushal Lokuarachchi, Rangana Herath, Akalanka Ganegama, Ishara Amarasinghe, Dammika Prasad, Chanaka Welegedera.

Coach: Chandika Hathurusinghe, Manager: Anura Tennekoon, Physio. Priyantha Wickeramasinghe. Fast bowling coach. Champaka Ramanayake, Computer analyst: G. Noroshan. Selector on tour: Don Anurasiri.

Itinerary:

July 10-12 Vs MCC at Arundel. July 14 Vs Worcestershire at Worcester.

July 16 Vs Kent at Canterbery. July 17-18 Practice and rest. July 19-21 Vs Sussex at Hove. July 22-24 Travel, practice and rest. July 25-27 Vs Warwickshire at Edgbaston. July 29 Vs Lancashire at Liverpool.

July 31 Vs Yorkshire at Headingley. August 3-5 Vs India at Leicestershire. August 8-10 Vs Durham at Riverside.