{"id":6301,"date":"2011-12-21T00:35:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T22:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/12\/cricket-uncapped-alvitigala-added-to-sri-lanka-squad\/"},"modified":"2011-12-21T00:35:45","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T22:35:45","slug":"cricket-uncapped-alvitigala-added-to-sri-lanka-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-uncapped-alvitigala-added-to-sri-lanka-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Uncapped Alvitigala added to Sri Lanka squad"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

– DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 20 (Reuters) –
\nUncapped paceman Kanishka Alvitigala and seamer Dhammika Prasad
\nhave been added to Sri Lanka’s beleaguered squad ahead of the
\nsecond test against South Africa starting on Dec. 26.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Alvitigala, 25, and Prasad, 28, who has played in eight
\ntests will provide a boost to a Sri Lanka team who were thrashed
\nby an innings and 81 runs in the first test in Centurion.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“Dhammika Prasad and Kanishka Alvitigala will be available
\nfor selection for the second test in Durban on December 26 and
\nfor the final test at Cape Town scheduled for January 3,” Sri
\nLanka Cricket said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

It was initially understood that Nuwan Kulasekara would join
\nup with the squad in South Africa but his inclusion was not
\napproved by Sri Lanka’s sports ministry.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“The selectors felt that Kulasekara was coming off an injury
\nand it would have been premature to rush him back into the
\nteam,” Sri Lanka team manager Anura Tennekoon told Reuters.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Sri Lanka have been hit by injuries to their seam attack
\nwith Kulasekara, Prasad, Shaminda Eranga and Suranga Lakmal all
\ninjured before the tour while Nuwan Pradeep picked up a
\nhamstring injury during a warm-up match.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

(Reporting by Jason Humphries, editing by Justin Palmer<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

To query or comment on this story email
\nsportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Please double-click on the newslinks:<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

for more cricket stories<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2011 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

– DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 20 (Reuters) – Uncapped paceman Kanishka Alvitigala and seamer Dhammika Prasad have been added to Sri Lanka’s beleaguered squad ahead of the second test against South Africa starting on Dec. 26. Alvitigala, 25, and Prasad, 28, who has played in eight tests will provide a boost to a Sri Lanka […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-6301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}