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Sri Lanka's county stars available for Bangladesh Tests
#2 - 0--emndb--Sri Lanka's county stars available for Bangladesh Tests--2007-06-01 19:30:19
#Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas, and Kumar Sangakkara, currently
playing county cricket in England, will be available for selection for
the home Test series against Bangladesh. - Ashantha de Mel, Sri Lanka Cricket's chairman of selectors, said the
selectors wanted to look at every angle before they decided on the
squad. The availability of the three senior players, de Mel said, meant
that Sri Lanka would have a well-balanced squad for the series. Murali,
playing for Lancashire, Vaas for Middlesex, and Sangakkara for
Warwickshire, will miss the Afro-Asia Cup, hosted by India in early
June, due to their county commitments.
Meanwhile,the venue for the first Test in
Colombo, starting June 25, has been moved from R Premadasa Stadium to
the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground. The second Test will be played at the
P Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo from July 3 to 7 and the third at
Kandy's Asgiriya Stadium from July 11 to 15.
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