Sri Lankan pair to return home

– All-rounder Angelo Mathews and fast bowler Lahiru Gamage have returned home from Sri Lanka’s tour of the West Indies, the cricket board said yesterday, adding to the country’s woes after losing the first Test.

Gamage fractured a finger batting in the first Test which Sri Lanka lost last Sunday, said a board statement. Mathews withdrew due to a “personal reason”, it added.

Dasun Shanaka and Danushka Gunathilaka left yesterday to join the squad for the remaining two Tests.

The second Test in the three Test series starts today in Saint Lucia. – AFP