Sri Lanka’s Lakmal to miss Pakistan tour

Colombo: Sri Lankan fast bowler Suranga Lakmal will miss a two-match Test series in Pakistan after contracting dengue fever, Sri Lanka’s cricket board announced Sunday.
He will be replaced by Asitha Fernando, who will join the squad for the second match of the series, the first to be played in Pakistan for more than a decade following a militant attack on a touring Sri Lankan team in March 2009.
Sri Lanka have also given former skipper Dinesh Chandimal a chance to fight his way back into the national team, now led by Dimuth Karunaratne. The 30-year-old Chandimal played his last Test in Australia in February. He was included in the squad that played New Zealand in August but did not play a match. (AFP)