Sunday, June 24, 2018

Sri Lanka appoint Lakmal as Test captain

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Sri Lanka made the unprecedented move of delegating a quick bowler as chief, with paceman Suranga Lakmal to steer in Dinesh Chandimal's nonattendance for the third Test against West Non mainstream players.

Chandimal was suspended for the Caribbean's lady day-night Test coordinate, which starts Saturday, in the wake of losing an interest over ball-altering charges.

That has constrained Sri Lanka Cricket to locate another captain for the milestone coordinate, with 31-year-old speedy Lakmal to wind up his country's sixteenth Test commander.

West Non mainstream players are 1-0 in the arrangement having won the opening Test in Trinidad before the following attract St Lucia.

The Global Cricket Chamber maintained their liable decision after Chandimal was esteemed to have "changed the state of the ball" amid the second Test.

Match official Javagal Srinath had said the 28-year-old connected a counterfeit substance to the ball infringing upon the ICC Set of accepted rules.

Chandimal was given two suspension focuses and fined 100 for each penny of his match expense for the offense. The focuses liken to a restriction from one Test or two ODIs or two T20s.

He was associated with utilizing spit and a sweet that he had in his mouth to alter the ball. His activity was gotten on TV pictures.

In any case, the third Test will be the first run through Lakmal has captained Sri Lanka in any organization.

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