DUBLIN, June 15:
Sri Lanka return to One-day International action, for the first time since the beginning of January, in Dublin this week with two games against Ireland, preceding the five-match series with England, starting next Tuesday.
The squad will be encouraged by the improvement shown during the Test series against England but the selectors have made five changes for the one-day games with all-rounder Milinda Siriwardana the most notable omission.
Also heading home are Dimuth Karunaratne, Kaushal Silva, Niroshan Dickwella and Dilruwan Perera, along with Rangana Herath who has retired from the 50-over format.
Siriwardana, with the help of 66 in the first match against New Zealand at the end of last year, finished as the top Sri Lanka batsman in the ODI series and the second most successful bowler but recent form has counted against him.
The new faces for the seven ODIs are Farveez Maharoof, Upul Tharanga, Seekkuge Prasanna, Danushka Gunathilaka and Suraj Randiv.
The experienced Maharoof, who has played 104 ODIs, has been rewarded for his performances in Sri Lanka’s List A competition this season when he took 16 wickets in five games.
Off spinner Randiv is in line to make his first appearance for his country since November 2014. He was the leading wicket-taker for his club in the same competition this season. (PTI)
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