ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
Sri Lanka throw another spinner in works
If SA think they know all about Sri Lanka’s spinners after the Test series — except how to play them — they should think again. The Sri Lankans named their squad on Tuesday for the one-day series that starts on Sunday‚ and it includes the uncapped Prabath Jayasuriya, a 26-year-old left-arm spinner who has claimed 36 wickets at 21.25 in his 25 list A games. That Jayasuriya is indeed a quality bowler seems confirmed by his 10 five-wicket hauls and three 10-wicket efforts in 47 first-class matches. Jayasuriya joins Akila Dananjaya‚ officially an offspinner but not averse to tossing up leg-breaks and googlies‚ and Lakshan Sandakan‚ the left-arm wrist spinner‚ in the squad. Dananjaya and Sandakan played in only one of the two Tests‚ both of which Sri Lanka won handsomely‚ but they took nine wickets between them and will doubtless be a handful in the ODIs. The best thing about the recently named home side squad‚ from SA’s perspective‚ is that it does not feature slow left-armer Rangana He...
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