Cricket: Injured Dimuth Karunaratne should be fit for Windies tour

Test opener Dimuth Karunaratne, who fractured his finger during net practices, does not require surgery according to medical specialists who examined him. 

"Test opener Dimuth Karunaratne suffered a fractured finger whilst batting in the nets on Tuesday (1) in preparation for the Super Provincial Limited Over Tournament. Karunaratne is expected to be examined by a medical specialist to determine the injury management and return to play timeframe," Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) issuing a statement, said on Wednesday (2).  

However specialists have come to a conclusion that Karunaratne, who fractured his left index finger off a delivery from Lahiru Madushanka, should be rested before further proceedings.  

The SLC medical staff doubted that Karunaratne might miss out cricket for a period of four to six weeks.

Karunaratne will be under observation for a period of two weeks before medical specialists are scheduled conduct another examination.

According to specialists he should be able to fully recover before Sri Lanka's tour to West Indies, which begins in early June.