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This is an archive article published on October 5, 2002

Lanka put faith on pace for SA tour

Sri Lanka will put their faith in untried pace bowlers and spinner Muttiah Muralitharan for the upcoming tour of South Africa.Two young fast...

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Sri Lanka will put their faith in untried pace bowlers and spinner Muttiah Muralitharan for the upcoming tour of South Africa.

Two young fast bowlers, Thilina Thushara and Tharanga Lakshitha, were selected for the first time for the two-Test series as Sri Lanka unveil a new-look pace attack. The left-armed Thushara, rated the quickest bowler in SriLanka, and Lakshitha are both 20 and with the Sri Lanka ‘A’ team in Pakistan.

‘‘The team has been selected and just has to be confirmed by the Sports Ministry,’’ a cricket board official said on Friday. (Reuters)

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