Uncapped right-arm pacer Chamika Karunaratne has been called up to the Sri Lanka Test squad in Australia, with two fast bowlers, Dushmantha Chameera and Lahiru Kumara, ruled out of the second and final Test through injury.
Karunaratne, 22, has 59 first-class wickets at an average of 34.16 and best figures of 5/63, and is capable with the bat as well. He has recorded seven half-centuries and one century in 29 games.
Sri Lanka’s new fast-bowling recruit has already represented a Sri Lankan Board President’s XI, Sri Lankan Emerging Players (under-23) and Sri Lanka A. He is considered to be a bright prospect for the near and distant future of Sri Lankan cricket.
Sri Lanka lost the first Test in Brisbane by an innings and 40 runs. They have a chance of drawing the two-test series in the final game at Canberra, which begins on 1 February.
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