Lasith Malinga and Angelo Mathews are not part of the Sri Lanka Test squad announced today for the tour of England. Mathews is still recovering from a quad muscle injury that has also made him miss the ongoing IPL while Malinga's fitness in a five-day match has been doubtful for some time now. The 16-member squad has four fast bowlers in Dilhara Fernando, Chanaka Welegedara, Suranga Lakmal and Nuwan Pradeep. Batsmen Lahiru Thirimanne and Dinesh Chandimal have also received call-ups while Thisara Perera is the bowling allrounder in the squad to be led by new captain Tillakaratne Dilshan. A vice-captain to Dilshan is yet to be announced.
Sri Lanka squad: 1 Tillakaratne Dilshan (Capt) 2 Tharanga Paranavitana 3 Lahiru Thirimanne 4 Kumar Sangakkara 5 Mahela Jayawardene 6 Thilan Samaraweera 7 Dinesh Chandimal 8 Prasanna Jayawardene (wk) 9 Thisara Perera 10 Suraj Randiv 11 Ajantha Mendis 12 Rangana Herath 13 Dilhara Fernando 14 Chanaka Welegedara 15 Suranga Lakmal 16 Nuwan Pradeep
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