Sri Lanka remember Malinga for Australia T20Is
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka on Thursday removed maestro quick bowler Lasith Malinga to a patrol for a array of T20Is in Australia this month after his liberation from a long-running knee problem.
The 33-year-old, who late from Test cricket in 2010, has not played general cricket given final Feb when Sri Lanka suffered an early exit from a Asia Cup after being tormented by damage worries.
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Malinga gave adult Test cricket after determining he was incompetent to withstand a cold of five-day matches though has continued to make himself accessible for T20Is and 50 over cricket.
Thilanga Sumathipala, boss of a Sri Lankan cricket board, told reporters that Malinga had valid his aptness and even pencilled a former skipper in for a subsequent 50 over World Cup being played in England in 2019.
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“We are happy to see Malinga, he is fit to play. He will be accessible for a T20 patrol [in Australia],” Sumathipala pronounced in Colombo. “It is roughly a year ago that we mislaid him [Malinga] from general cricket… we wish to ready him for 2019 [World Cup].”
Skipper Angelo Mathews was on Monday ruled out of a Australian debate since of a hamstring damage and a full patrol is nonetheless to be announced.
Sri Lanka will face Australia on Feb 17 in Melbourne, in Geelong on Feb 19 and in Adelaide on Feb 22.
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