Danushka Gunathilake has not been included in the 15-member squad announced by Sri Lanka Cricket on Wednesday due to a back injury while all-rounder Thisara Perera makes a comeback.
Achini Kulasuriya misjudged a skied catch by South Africa's Chloe Tryon while fielding at long-on during the women's World T20 warm-up match and was hit on her head.
Zimbabwe reached stumps on 241-7 in its second innings and have a lead of 354 runs against Sri Lanka on day four of the second Test at Harare Sports Club.
The second century of Williams' test career — 107 — and half-centuries from Sikandar Raza and Brendan Taylor gave Zimbabwe a fighting chance of leveling the two-test series after Sri Lanka won the first by 10 wickets.
Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 10 wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series on Thursday in Harare.
Angelo Mathews scored his maiden Test double century to help Sri Lanaka take a handy lead against Zimbabwe on Day 4 of the first Test.
Kusal Mendis added 80 as Sri Lanka reached stumps just 63 runs in arrears on the first innings, and set to make Zimbabwe chase.
Sri Lanka ended day two of the first Test on 42/1 in Harare, trailing Zimbabwe by 316 runs in their first innings.
The hosts won the toss and batted first with Masvaure (55) and Kasuza (63) digging deep and providing a solid platform.
The Dimuth Karunaratne-led Sri Lanka squad will play two Tests against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club.
After the first match was abandoned, Sri Lanka lost the Indore clash despite a good show from the batters and suffered a defeat in the third game as well when the batters failed to chase 170 runs.
Zimbabwe will host Sri Lanka for a two-match Test series, which begins on January 19.
Sources in the know of developments said that the local curators present at the stadium weren't adept at handling the situation and that is where it all went wrong. In fact, the same will be mentioned in the manager's report.
Rain and wet patches on the surface forced umpires to call off the first T20I match of the three-game series between India and Sri Lanka at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati on January 5 (Sunday)
Former Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews has been recalled for the three-game T20I series between India and Sri Lanka, starting January 5
Sri Lanka were the last team to play a Test match in Pakistan in 2009 before the team came under terrorist attack at Lahore and the doors to international cricket were closed on Pakistan.
Lakmal has been spearheading the Sri Lankan bowling in Test matches in last few years. He has played 59 Tests so far, picking 141 wickets.
Mickey Arthur has reportedly agreed a two-year contract with Sri Lanka Cricket.
Dinesh Chandimal, who was part of the Sri Lanka squad during the Test series against New Zealand but did not get a chance to play a game, has been retained in the squad for the series against the Men in Green.
Lasith Malinga said he is waiting to hear from Sri Lanka Cricket on whether he would be leading the side in the T20 World Cup next year.
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