{"id":48688,"date":"2018-11-30T11:10:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T11:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/?p=48688"},"modified":"2018-11-30T11:10:57","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T11:10:57","slug":"sri-lanka-recall-trio-for-two-test-tour-of-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/sri-lanka-recall-trio-for-two-test-tour-of-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka recall trio for two-test tour of New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Batsmen Lahiru Thirimanne and Sadeera Samarawickrama have been recalled by Sri Lanka after a year out of the side for next month\u2019s two-test series in New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Top-order batsman Thirimanne played the last of his 29 tests away to India in November 2017, the same series in which wicketkeeper-batsman Samarawickrama earned a fourth cap since making his debut earlier in the year.<\/p>\n<p>Fast bowler Nuwan Pradeep, who has played 28 tests, also returns to the squad, having spent more than a year on the sidelines due to injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Dinesh Chandimal is back to lead the side after missing the last two tests of the recent 3-0 home series loss against England with a groin strain.<\/p>\n<p>Batsman Kaushal Silva was dropped for his poor displays against England, while off-spinner Akila Dananjaya has been kept out of the 17-man squad as he awaits the result of tests after being reported for a suspect bowling action.<\/p>\n<p>The first test starts at Wellington on Dec. 15, followed by the second at Christchurch on Dec. 26.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Batsmen Lahiru Thirimanne and Sadeera Samarawickrama have been recalled by Sri Lanka after a year out of the side for next month\u2019s two-test series in New Zealand. Top-order batsman Thirimanne played the last of his 29 tests away to India in November 2017, the same series in which wicketkeeper-batsman Samarawickrama earned a fourth cap since [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48690,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48688\/revisions\/48690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}