Sri Lankan squad for England Test tour announced

By AFP
August 08, 2024
Sri Lankas Dhananjaya de Silva (left) celebrates with Kamindu Mendis after scoring a century during the third day of the first Test cricket match against Bangladesh at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet on March 24, 2024. — AFP/File
Sri Lanka's Dhananjaya de Silva (left) celebrates with Kamindu Mendis after scoring a century during the third day of the first Test cricket match against Bangladesh at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet on March 24, 2024. — AFP/File

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s cricket board named an 18-member squad led by Dhananjaya de Silva on Wednesday for the three-match Test tour of England starting this month.

The island nation plays the 1st Test from August 21 in Manchester, with the 2nd at Lord’s from August 29 and the final at the Oval from September 6. Squad: Dhananjaya de Silva (capt), Dimuth Karunaratne, Nishan Madushka, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Kamindu Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Asitha Fernando, Vishwa Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Nisala Tharaka, Prabath Jayasuriya, Ramesh Mendis, Jeffrey Vandersay, Milan Rathnayake.