September 19, 2008	Friday	Ramazan 18, 1429

COLOMBO, Sept 18: Chaminda Vaas and Chamara Silva are the notable absentees from Sri Lanka’s squad for Canada Cup Four-nation Twenty20 tournament in Toronto next month, while Dilhara Lokuhettige, Jeevantha Kulatunga and Thilina Kandamby were rewarded for consistent first-class contributions.

Kumar Sangakkara, who underwent a surgery on index finger of his right hand last week in Australia and Muttiah Muralitharan, also nursing an injury, were not considered for selection. Farveez Maharoof makes a comeback after an eight-month injury lay-off.

Vaas, who recently became the fourth bowler to take 400 One-day International wickets, was replaced by all-rounder Lokuhettige who played eight ODIs in 2005.

The four-nation Twenty20 tournament, also involving Pakistan, Zimbabwe and hosts Canada, scheduled to be held from Aug 14 to 17, was postponed due to sponsorship issues. Bangladesh were to feature in the tournament, but the revised dates clash with their home series against New Zealand.

Squad:

Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Udawatte, Chamara Kapugedera, Jehan Mubarak, Tillekeratne Dilshan (wicket-keeper), Jeevantha Kulatunga, Farveez Maharoof, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thilina Thushara, Ajantha Mendis, Thilina Kandamby, Dilhara Fernando, Dilhara Lokuhettige, Kaushalya Weeraratne.—Agencies