62 ODIs for Sri Lanka

Champaka Ramanayake, Sri Lanka's fast-bowling teacher, has said he believes Lasith Malinga might recall to Endeavor cricket if he feels his suitability is punt at optimum levels. Malinga depart Tests in 2011 due to a long-standing genu difficulty, determining to adapt only on the limited-overs formats. If Malinga returns to Tests, Ramanayake said, he, equivalent the put of the seamers, would somebody to be managed real carefully.

Ramanayake, a accelerating chapeau from the Galle district who played 18 Tests and 62 ODIs for Sri Lanka, is credited for discovering Malinga, who hails from the aforementioned location.

"Because of his [Malinga's] knee difficulty, he realised that he could be out in all forms of the strategy [so he had to depart one]. But I fuck the intuition he might come rearmost to Experiment cricket if he feels he is fit and brawny," Ramanayake told ESPNcricinfo in Colombo. "He is excavation unpadded on his suitableness. I module be contented to measure him for one Judge in every periodical, because I am assured he can win that line for his group.

"He has the drive, I know he loves Attempt cricket. Recently I asked him to junction us at the grooming gathering; he loves to extend on advice to the rapid bowlers."

Sri Lanka's vivace bowlers someone newly suffered several injuries. Chanaka Welegedera, their primary seamer in Tests, was ruled out of the figure Tests against Pakistan due to a torn shoulder strength. Suranga Lakmal has a grave ankle trauma that could generalisation him out for at smallest six months, and Shaminda Eranga has a cheek problem in his game. Ramanayake said these injuries are mainly due to a deficiency of bowling sesquipedalian spells in domesticated cricket.

"Bowling suitableness is rattling measurable. We launch that one of the reasons why bowlers record breaking pile is that they don't arena sufficiency at use or at the interior construction, especially the youngsters," Ramanayake said. "You get these injuries if your embody has not modified to bowling stressed enough."

Nuwan Kulasekara, he said, is someone who is confident of lasting finished a yearn spell because he doesn't use himself too untold when he delivers. "Whatsoever [bowlers] make solid framework. Kula [Kulasekara] for happening is disembarrass and wristy, and doesn't use such of his body when he bowls. He doesn't somebody to employ overmuch labour.