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This is an archive article published on June 3, 1998

Sri Lanka boost batting

COLOMBO, JUNE 2: Sri Lanka have recalled Hashan Tillekeratne and Kumara Dharmasena to strengthen their batting for the second cricket Test a...

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COLOMBO, JUNE 2: Sri Lanka have recalled Hashan Tillekeratne and Kumara Dharmasena to strengthen their batting for the second cricket Test against New Zealand, starting in the southern port town of Galle tomorrow. Sri Lanka lost the first of the three Tests by 167 runs in Colombo on Sunday. Captain Arjuna Ranatunga had said after losing the first Test that Sri Lanka was short of one specialist batsman, a gap now likely to be filled by Tillekeratne.

Teams (from): Sri Lanka: Arjuna Ranatunga (captain), Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Mahela Jayawardena, Aravinda de Silva, Hashan Tillekeratne, Romesh Kaluwitharna, Kumara Dharmasena, Pramodya Wickremasinghe, Muttiah Muralitharan, Niroshan Bandaratilake, Ruchira Perera, Suresh Perera.

New Zealand: Stephen Fleming (captain), Matthew Horne, Bryan Young, Craig Spearman, Nathan Astle, Craig McMillan, Adam Parore, Chris Cairns, Chris Harris, Daniel Vettori, Paul Wiseman, Simon Doull, Dion Nash.

Umpires: KT Francis (Sri Lanka) and DavidOrchard (South Africa).

Match referee: Talat Ali (Pakistan).

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