June 14, 2007	Thursday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 28, 1428

COLOMBO, June 13: Sri Lanka have recalled the former captain and opening batsman Marvan Atapattu for the home Test series against Bangladesh next week, an official said on Wednesday.

Atapattu, who was overlooked throughout World Cup 2007, returns to the side for the first time since the December 2005 Ahmedabad Test against India.

The veteran opener Sanath Jayasuriya is picked only for the One Day Internationals where he will be joined by the recalled leg spinner Upul Chandana, who comes back into the side for the first time since November 2005.

Sujeewa de Silva, a 29-year-old left arm fast bowler returns to the Test team after a lay off of more than five years on the back of consistent performances in domestic competitions, a Sri Lanka Cricket official said.

He returns to play Bangladesh against whom he made his Test debut in 2002 and never played thereafter.

The champion off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan returns home from Lancashire, as does Kumar Sangakkara the star wicket-keeper batsman who played for Warwickshire.

Muralitharan, however, will return to Lancashire at the end of the Test series.

Test squad: Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Kumar Sangakkara (vice captain), Marvan Atapattu, Chamara Silva, Tillekeratne Dilshan, Prasanna Jayawardene, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Dilhara Fernando, Upul Tharanga, Farveez Maharoof, Malinda Warnapura, Sujeewa de Silva, Lasith Malinga and Malinga Bandara

ODI squad: Jayawardene (captain), Sangakkara (vice-captain), Upul Chandana, Jehan Mubarak, Chamara Kapugedera, Sanath Jayasuriya, Silva, Dilshan, Fernando, Tharanga, Maharoof, Malinga, Bandara and Nuwan Kulasekera.—AFP