Chanaka Welegedara to miss the whole Test series against Pakistan – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CRD-Fernando-c1292 is likely to replace him in the squad for the second Test, which starts on June 30th.
The left-arm fast bowler tore his shoulder muscle on the eve of the first Test at Galle and was replaced by Nuwan Pradeep, who also bowled with pace in unhelpful conditions and impressed analysts.
The home team’s captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 revealed that the 31-year-old will not take any part in the series against Pakistan and the middle-order batsman is extremely disappointed with Welegedara’s absence, as the lanky fast bowler was doing well in the
longer version of the sport in the recent times.
Jayawardene expressed, "Welegedara has a muscle tear in his shoulder. We are waiting for an expert to give us a feedback [on] whether he needs surgery or not. It's very unfortunate for Chanaka as he was bowling really well. He will be out of this series."
The Islanders won the first Test by a comprehensive margin of 209 runs to go 1-0 up in the series. The on-going battle gives a great opportunity to Jayawardene’s men to take revenge from the Green Shirts, who defeated Sri Lanka in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE)
last year.
The Matale-born cricketer has so far picked up 48 scalps in the 18 Tests he has played and carried Sri Lanka’s burden in the bowling department over the last 12 months.
The captain however, is jubilant with the bowlers’ showing at Galle and gave credit to them for the victory. The pitch was assisting the spinners since day one but the journey was not as easy for the fast bowlers. Jayawardene praised the efforts of Nuwan
Kulasekara and Pradeep on the flat track.
"You always think that you can take those remaining wickets. But they batted really well. We had to be patient until we got those opportunities. It was a great effort from the bowlers. Tough conditions but we stuck to our task and executed the plans,” the
Sri Lanka skipper said.
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