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Sri Lanka pick 18-year-old Avishka Fernando in ODI squad
- Updated: August 19, 2016
A starring turn in the recent Sri Lanka Under-19 team’s tour of England has earned top-order batsman Avishka Fernando a call-up to Sri Lanka’s squad for the first two ODIs against Australia. Left-arm spinner Amila Aponso has also been named in a national squad for the first time, following good outings in South Africa with the Sri Lanka emerging team.
Allrounders Milinda Siriwardana and Thisara Perera returned to the ODI squad, having been dropped for the series against England. Allrounder Dasun Shanaka was omitted, as were Farveez Maharoof, Suraj Randiv and Chaminda Bandara. Tillakaratne Dilshan returned to the side after having missed the England tour due to personal reasons.
Fernando, 18, has not yet played any senior cricket, but recently hit consecutive hundreds – at Chelmsford and Canterbury – to help lead Sri Lanka Under-19 to an unprecedented whitewash over England Under-19. A bruising right-hand batsman, who had played for St. Sebastian’s College in Moratuwa, Fernando hit 285 runs in that three-match Youth ODI series, …
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