Sri Lanka ‘A’ cricketers take wing to Australia

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Sri Lanka ‘A’ One-Day Captain Lahiru Udara

Sri Lanka ‘A’ Four-Day Captain Pasindu Sooriyabandara

Wicket-keeper/batsman Lahiru Udara and all-rounder Sonal Dinusha who made their Test debuts in the recently concluded Test series against Bangladesh have been included in the Sri Lanka ‘A’ squad for the tour to Australia.

Udara will lead the Sri Lanka ‘A’ limited-over one-day squad, and middle order batsman Pasindu Sooriyabandara will captain the Sri Lanka ‘A’ squad for the two 4-day matches.

Sri Lanka ‘A’ will play three one-day games against Australia ‘A’ before donning whites to play two 4-day first-class matches. All matches will take place in Darwin at the Marrara Cricket Ground and the city’s largest venue the Marrara Stadium.

The team left for Australia yesterday.

SRI LANKA ‘A’

ONE-DAY SQUAD

Kamil Mishara, Lahiru Udara (Captain), Lasith Croospulle, Pasindu Sooriyabandara, Nuwanidu Fernando, Pavan Rathnayake, Sahan Arachchige, Sonal Dinusha, Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Shiran Fernando, Isitha Wijesundara, Pramod Madushan, Mohamed Shiraz, Dushan Hemantha, Wanuja Sahan

SRI LANKA ‘A’

FOUR-DAY SQUAD

Lahiru Udara, Kamil Mishara, Ravindu Rasantha, Pasindu Sooriyabandara (Captain), Nuwanidu Fernando, Pavan Rathnayake, Vishad Randika, Sohan de Livera, Sonal Dinusha, Shiran Fernando, Isitha Wijesundara, Asanka Manoj, Mohamed Shiraz, Pramod Madushan, Wanuja Sahan, Nishan Peiris

The fixtures:

4 July: First one-day match at Marrara Cricket Ground, (d/n)
6 July: Second one-day match at Marrara Cricket Ground
9 July: Third one-day match at Marrara Cricket Ground
13-16 July: First 4-day match at Marrara Stadium
20-23 July: Second 4-day match at Marrara Cricket Ground