Date:13/03/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/03/13/stories/2008031360312400.htm

Sport - Cricket

Jayasuriya and Muralitharan dropped

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has dropped iconic stars Sanath Jayasuriya and Muttiah Muralitharan from its squad for the three-match limited-overs series in the West Indies next month, the country’s cricket board said on Wednesday. Fast bowler Lasith Malinga also does not figure in a new-look 15-member squad.

The squad: Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Kumar Sangakkara, Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chamara Silva, Mahela Udawatte, Jehan Mubarak, Chamara Kapugedera, Chaminda Vaas, Kaushalya Weeraratne, Malinga Bandara, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ishara Amerasinghe, Ajantha Mendis and Thilan Thushara. — AP