17-member Sri Lanka squad named for West Indies Tests

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka flew five Test players on Saturday to join a 17-member squad for the two Tests against the West Indies at the end of the ongoing limited overs tournament, AFP reported.

Sri Lanka Cricket said Lahiru Thirimanne, Dhananjaya de Silva, Roshen Silva, Vishwa Fernando, and Lasith Embuldeniya — who were not included in the white-ball squad —left the island Saturday for the Caribbean, AFP repoted.

The first Test starts on March 21 and the second and final game is scheduled for March 29.

Sri Lanka has leveled the T20 series after winning the second Twenty20 game by 43 runs on Friday.

The third and final T20 will be on Sunday and the one-day internationals will be at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium on March 10, 12 and 14.