Sri Lanka injuries; down to 13 players
The injuries have forced the team management to pick from a squad of 13, Sri Lanka have been hit by a spate of injuries and an illness ahead of the second Test against West Indies The seam-bowling department has been especially hard hit, with Lahiru Kumara and Vishwa Fernando both going down with injuries. Kumara, remains unavailable after having walked off the field with a hamstring complaint
The most serious injury, however, seems to be that of opener Pathum Nissanka, who left the squad on June 30 to undergo surgery on an injured wrist in the United Kingdom . Vishwa, meanwhile, has not sufficiently recovered from back and side pain to become available for the second Test. Kasun Rajitha's βhand injury in the first Test, βOff spin-bowling all rounder Ramesh Mendis has contracted a bacterial infection on tour.