Skipper of T-20 , Left Out from the ODI's for Sri Lanka Tour....

Australian T 20 Skipper Cameron Leon White has been left out from ODI squad for Sri Lanka tour on August....
Mean while Left Hand opener Shaun Marsh included to the squad...
 "Kick in Gutz" named the mission for Sri Lanka tour... for ausis ...

Australia will play two T20s, five ODIs and three Test during the tour of Sri Lanka. The Twenty20 players fly out on July 30 and the remaining one-day squad members depart on August 5. The Test squad will be announced later in July. Meanwhile, Phillip Hughes and Jason Krejza have flown to Zimbabwe early to join the Australia squad, to replace Nic Maddinson (calf strain) and Matthew Wade (back) ahead of Friday's final one-day game.

Twenty20 squad Shane Watson, David Warner, Brad Haddin, Shaun Marsh, David Hussey, Cameron White (capt), Aaron Finch, Steven Smith, Steve O'Keefe, John Hastings, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, James Pattinson.

ODI squad Shane Watson, Brad Haddin, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke (capt), Michael Hussey, David Hussey, Shaun Marsh, Steven Smith, John Hastings, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Xavier Doherty, James Pattinson, Doug Bollinger.

Chaturanga Kumara awarded a cricket scholarship

Sri Lanka Cricket is pleased to inform the Public and the Media, that Chaturanga Kumara has been awarded a cricket scholarship to represent South gate Cricket Club, in England as their overseas amateur player in the Middlesex League for the upcoming 2011 season.

Sri Lanka Cricket extends its gratitude to Asitha Jayaweera Chairman SLC U.K Committee for successfully Coordinating this facility to Chaturanga under SLC’s development initiatives to facilitate School boy Cricketers to play in the English minor league.

Chaturanga Scored 1007 runs and captured 75 wickets for his Alma Mater St Josephs College Colombo in 2009/2010 season, and was adjudicated as the School Boy Cricketer of the Year in the Bata/Times awards in the same year.

Chaturanga also represented the Sri Lanka under 19s team when England toured Sri Lanka in January 2011.

SOURCE : www.srilankacricket.lk

2006 SRI LANKAN Tour of ENGLAND.....

Some Stats of The Sri Lanka tour of England 2006

 ♪England v Sri Lanka at Lord's - May 11-15, 2006
Match drawn
♪England v Sri Lanka at Birmingham - May 25-28, 2006
England won by 6 wickets
 ♪England v Sri Lanka at Nottingham - Jun 2-5, 2006
Sri Lanka won by 134 runs

SERIES DRAWN 1-1

*MJ scored Brilliant Century at LORDS...
*1 Century n 6 Half Centuries For SL's 2nd INN at LORDS.
*Vandort Played Long Inn n get 100 at Edgebaston which SL lost.
*Murali Took 10 Wickets in Both Inns at Edgebaston.
*MJ made His 2nd Duck for the Series at TrentBridge (Nott)
*Murali made his 2nd 10 wkt haul at Nott. with Brilliant 8/70 in 2nd INN figures.
*KP scored 2 BIG tons in the Series.. 1 for Trescothicks as well
*Players of the series M Muralitharan

-DK-