Sri Lanka won the toss and have decided to bat against Australia in the second Test which will begin shortly at the Galle International Stadium today (4).
Both sides will feature a debutant each, with Sri Lanka naming paceman Vishwa Fernando in place of injured Nuwan Pradeep and Australia giving left-arm spinner Jon Holland the place of injured Steve O'Keefe.
Sri Lanka won the first Test of the three-match series played at Pallekele by 106 runs.
Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne, Kaushal Silva, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Angelo Mathews (Capt), Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Perera, Rangana Herath, Dilruwan Perera, Vishwa Fernando, Lakshan Sandaken.
Australia: Joe Burns, David Warner, Steven Smith (Capt, Usman Khawaja, Adam Voges, Mitchell Marsh, Peter Nevill (wk), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Jon Holland, Josh Hazlewood.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
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