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| Tuesday, 15 June 2004 |
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Mubarak leads Lanka 'A' to England by Sa'adi Thawfeeq Six-foot tall graceful left-hander Jehan Mubarak of CCC will lead Sri Lanka 'A' on their tour of England at the end of this month. Mubarak was named captain in a squad of 16 picked yesterday for the one-month tour starting June 30 which will see Sri Lanka 'A' play 10 matches - nine against English county sides and a 3-day game against the touring West Indies. The 22-year-old has been knocking on the door to international honours ever since being given the opportunity against Bangladesh two years ago and has been a consistent member of the Sri Lanka 'A' teams that toured South Africa, Kenya, India and New Zealand in the past nine months. Left-hander Thilina Kandamby from Bloomfield will be Mubarak's deputy on the tour. Kandamby (22) made his one-day international debut against Zimbabwe last month. The squad also comprises two hard hitting batsmen Saman Jayantha and Avishka Gunawardana who have been included to give them some practice ahead of next month's Asia Cup tournament in Sri Lanka. Ian Daniel, Bathiya Perera and Malintha Gajanayake are the other frontline batsmen in the squad. Prasanna Jayawardene who lost his Test place to veteran wicket-keeper Romesh Kaluwitharana for the short tour to Australia later this month will be the No. 1 glovesman in the side. Charith Sylvester will be his understudy. The team also includes two all-rounders Ranga Dias and Gayan Wijekoon, two spinners and four fast-medium bowlers. Leg-spinner Kaushal Lokuarachchi is one of the main spinners in the side with Sri Rahula Matara off-spinner Suraj Mohammad as the second spinner. Mohammed at 19 is the youngest member of the team. Once again left-hander Michael Vandort misses out and according to selection committee sources he is struggling to get to terms with the moving ball and to help him rectify that lapse in his batting he is to be sent to the Max Academy. Mubarak, Gunawardena, Jayawardene, Lokuarachchi and Thilina Thushara are players with Test experience, while Kandamby, Jayantha, and Nuwan Kulasekara have appeared in one-day internationals for their country. The Sri Lanka 'A' team (subject to Sports Ministry ratification): Jehan Mubarak, captain (CCC), Thilina Kandamby, vice captain (Bloomfield), Saman Jayantha (Bloomfield), Avishka Gunawardena (SSC), Ian Daniel (Bloomfield), Bathiya Perera (Moors SC), Prasanna Jayawardene (NCC), Charith Sylvester (Chilaw Marians), Ranga Dias (Tamil Union), Gayan Wijekoon (Tamil Union), Kaushal Lokuarachchi (Bloomfield), Suraj Mohamed (Matara), Nuwan Kulasekara (Galle CC), Dhammika Prasad (SSC), Thilina Thushara (NCC), Malintha Gajanayake (Tamil Union). |
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