COLOMBO: A fit-again Angelo Mathews will lead Sri Lanka in June’s ICC Champions Trophy in England and Wales, the cricket board announced on Monday, unveiling a 15-member squad which also includes maverick paceman Lasith Malinga.

Mathews missed the ODI series in South Africa, the tour of Australia and the home series against Bangladesh with a hamstring injury but is back in action for his Delhi franchise in the ongoing Indian Premier League.

Malinga, feared for his awkward action and toe-crushing yorkers, also returns after completing his rehabilitation following a knee injury which forced him out of the World T20 in India last year.

The 33-year-old, who quit Test cricket in 2011, played the last of his 191 ODIs in 2015 and returned to international cricket with T20 matches in Australia earlier this year.

Sri Lanka also named two standby players — Dilruwan Perera and Danushka Gunathilaka.

Squad: Angelo Mathews (captain), Upul Tharanga, Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis, Chamara Kapugedera, Asela Gunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal, Lasith Malinga, Suranga Lakmal, Nuwan Pradeep, Nuwan Kulasekera, Thisara Perera, Lakshan Sandakan, Seekkuge Prasanna.

Published in Dawn, April 25th, 2017