Sri Lanka in England Aug 1991 - Sri Lankan Squad

Ranatunga loses place

THE Sri Lanka selectors have dropped Arjuna Ranatunga, the   cap-
tain,  from their 26-strong squad for the tour of England, start-
ing next month.

A talented left-hand batsman, Ranatunga  marked  his   debut   in
Test  cricket  with a half century against England in Sri Lanka`s
first Test, in 1982, when he was 18. But his recent form has been
poor,  and this has been attributed to his added responsibilities
as captain.

Ranatunga`s elder brother, Dhammika,  who  toured   New   Zealand
with Sri Lanka last January, has also been omitted. The selectors
have recalled three former test  players,  the opening   batsman,
Brendon   Kuruppu,  the  medium  pacer, Saliya  Ahangama, and the
left-arm spinner, Don Anurasiri.

They did not name a captain but the deputy captain,  Aravinda  de
Silva, is expected to be the choice.

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Sri Lanka have named Aravinda de Silva  as  captain  and   Asanka
Gurusinha  as  vice-captain  for the tour of England which starts
next month.

Muttiah Muralitharan, an off spinner, aged 18, has been named  in
Sri  Lanka`s  16-man  party  for the tour of England which starts
next month

P A de Silva (captain), A P Gurusinha (vice-captain), R S Mahana-
ma,  C Hathurusinghe, H P Tillekeratne, M Atapattu, S T Jayasuri-
ya, D S B P Kuruppu, R J Ratnayake, K Wijegunawardene, R  Kaluvi-
tarana, H C P Ramanayake, M Muralitharan, A W R Madurasinghe, S D
Anurasiri, F S Ahangama.

Source :: The Times
 Contributed by Gihan (Gihan.N.Wikramanayake@cm.cf.ac.uk)