da pinnacle： Sri Lanka’s star fast bowler Chaminda Vaas has been forced out of theongoing Sharjah Cup quadrangular with an injured right ankle
Charlie Austin05-Apr-2003Sri Lanka’s star fast bowler Chaminda Vaas has been forced out of theongoing Sharjah Cup quadrangular with an injured right ankle.The left-armer, the leading wicket-taker in the World Cup with 23 scalps,will return home to Colombo to receive treatment before a two-Test serieswith New Zealand.”Chaminda (Vaas) will be returning tonight,” confirmed Ajit Jayasekera, theSri Lanka team manager.”With some rest and treatment we are hopeful that he will be ok for the NewZealand series, we just don’t to take any risks with him here,” addedJayasekera.Sri Lanka have called up uncapped paceman Dharshana Gamage as a replacement.The 24-year-old right-arm fast bowler, also known as Dharshana Nayanakantha,who plays his club cricket for Bloomfield, joins his first internationaltour after impressing against the ECB Academy.