Sri Lanka’s cricket selectors has decided to left out fast bowler Lasith Malinga for next week’s opening Test against the West Indies in Galle on November 15. Paceman was being rested because of the amount of cricket he played on the recent tour of Australia.
Malinga, who also has a lingering knee problem, won the man of the series award in Sri Lanka’s 2-1 victory over Australia in the one-day internationals.
Sri Lanka squad: Kumar Sangakkara, (captain) Mahela Jayawardene, Tilakaratne Dilshan, Tharanga Paranavitana, Thilan Samaraweera, Anjelo Mathews, Prasanna Jayawardene, Thilina Kandamby, Ajantha Mendis, Suraj Randiv, Rangana Herath, Kaushal Silva, Dammika Prasad, Dilhara Fernando, Thilan Thushara, Suranga Lakmal-JNW
November 11, 2010 at 7:02 am
Colombo gets highest rainfall 360ml last night after 1992-Met Dept.
Many Colombo roads flooded; Galle Rd & Baseline ok-DMC-JNW
November 11, 2010 at 6:58 am
Nov 15-22 declared commemorative week for celebrations for inauguration of President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s second term-Info Dept-JNW
November 10, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Sri Lanka Masters team led by Marvan Atapattu clinched the CLOBI Cup Masters Twenty20 Cricket Championships at Kensington Oval on November 09.
West Indies opted to field first on winning the toss and Sri Lanka posted 175 for eight from their 20 overs. West Indies were restricted to 156 for eight-JNW
November 10, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Sick-note campaign by nurses has not adversely affected hospital functions, says Director National Hospital Hector Weerasinghe-JNW
November 10, 2010 at 12:51 pm
First tri-forces joint military exercise in 30 years with 2,500 military personnel will take place Mannar 21-30th Nov-mil spokesman-JNW
November 9, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Pakistani wicket keeper Haider has fled to London from Dubai claiming he received death threats, amid match fixing scandals-report-JNW
November 9, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Southern Highway will be opened by July 2011-Dep Min Highways-JNW
November 9, 2010 at 12:56 pm
An actress who was caught stealing clothes from a leading Colombo clothes store given a 1-year suspended sentence-reporter-JNW
November 8, 2010 at 3:26 pm
TRC will soon begin raids on sellers of mobile phones and repair shops that don’t have licence from TRC, says TRC DG Anusha Palpita-JNW
November 8, 2010 at 12:48 pm
44 policemen were admitted to National Hospital after a clash between prisoners and police who went there for a search operation at Welikada prison-reporter-JNW
November 7, 2010 at 10:24 am
A 350m high tower, Sri Lanka’s tallest, with rotating top floor is planned for construction in Peliyagoda-DG TRC Anusha Palpita-JNW
November 6, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Three people including a restaurant manager shot dead by unidentified gunmen inside restaurant in Minuwangoda, Police investigating-JNW
November 5, 2010 at 12:38 pm
Sri Lanka wins toss and elects to bat first against Australia in second match in Sydney of 3 match ODI series. SL leads series 1-0- JNW
November 5, 2010 at 8:33 am
All EPF members will be re-registered with their NIC number assigned as their unique identification number-Central Bank & Labour Dept-JNW
November 4, 2010 at 3:41 pm
A secretariat will be set up in Mannar for resettlement of Muslims evicted from Northern Province by LTTE in 1990-Cabinet Spokesman-JNW
November 4, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Sri Lanka’s longest tunnel which is 12.9 km long in Upper Kotmale project was declared open by President Rajapaksa-reporter-JNW
November 4, 2010 at 12:03 pm
