West Indians Rovman Powell – who nearly single-handedly won Wednesday’s LPL match for the Kandy Warriors against Jaffna Kings, hitting the second fastest fifty in T20 cricket off 15 balls – and Devon Thomas left Sri Lanka yesterday to join the West Indies white-ball team in Pakistan.

Both Powell and Thomas play for the Warriors and will be replaced by England pair Ravi Bopara and Tom Moores, who arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday.  

Last year’s finalists Galle Gladiators, Jaffna Kings set the pace