Sri Lanka’s young pacer Matheesa Pathirana has been ruled out of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 due to a shoulder injury.
It is learnt that Mathews is in contention to replace Pathirana in the Sri Lanka squad. The Sri Lanka board is expected to make an official announcement in due course.
In a statement on its social media handle X, formerly known as Twitter, Sri Lanka Cricket announced that selectors had called senior batter Angelo Mathews and pacer Dushmantha Chameera as travelling reserves.
Mathews would bring much-needed stability to the Sri Lanka middle order. 35-year-old Mathews has played 221 one-day matches. He returned to the Lankan squad after a break of two years in March 2023 in an ODI series against New Zealand. However, 36-year-old Mathews was dropped from the Sri Lanka ODI team after he scored only 12 runs against Afghanistan at home during the 1st ODI in the 3-match series in June earlier this year.
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