3 days Ago By Staff Writers
Lasith Embuldeniya will return after more than two years away from Test cricket after being selected in Sri Lanka's squad to play in the two-match series in South Africa starting later this month. The 17-member squad named on Tuesday is led by Dhananjaya de Silva and includes nine batters, three specialist spinners and five pace bowlers. The last of Embuldeniya's 17 Test caps for Sri Lanka came in June 2022 against Australia.
He is the second left-arm spinner in the squad along with Prabath Jayasuriya, who took 18 wickets in Sri Lanka's 2-0 series win against New Zealand in September. Opening batter Oshada Fernando also returns after nearly a year out of the squad, while offspinner Ramesh Mendis has not been named. The first Test starts in Durban on November 27 with the second at Port Elizabeth from December 5.
SRI LANKA SQUAD: Dhananjaya de Silva (capt), Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Kusal Mendis, Kamindu Mendis, Oshada Fernando, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Prabath Jayasuriya, Nishan Peiris, Lasith Embuldeniya, Milan Rathnayake, Asitha Fernando, Vishwa Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Kasun Rajitha..
