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Mahela Jayawardena has fractured a finger and will be out of cricket for around 3 to 4 weeks and is likely to miss the Bangladesh series, the Secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket stated.
Jayawardene injured his finger while fielding in the slips during the Singhalese Sports Club’s Premier league match against Nondescript’s Cricket Club.
“The opinion from Australia is that Mahela will have to undergo surgery and have a wire inserted to keep the dislocated bone in place.
“He will be out for between four-to-six weeks which means he is certainly ruled out of the Bangladesh test series.”
“Initial scans showed that it was only a dislocation but the scans were sent to Australia for further opinion,” Sri Lanka team manager Michael de Zoysa said.
Thilan Samaraweera will replace injured Jayawardena in the test squad of the Bangladesh series, SLC said.
Sri Lanka will play a two-test home series against Bangladesh next month. Bangladesh will also play three ODIs and a Twenty20 international on the tour.
