{"id":3752,"date":"2012-03-23T13:42:52","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T13:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=3752"},"modified":"2012-03-23T13:42:52","modified_gmt":"2012-03-23T13:42:52","slug":"angelo-matthews-dropped-after-failing-fitness-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=3752","title":{"rendered":"Angelo Matthews dropped after failing fitness test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Colombo: <\/strong>Sri Lankan all-rounder <a href=\"component\/search\/?searchword=Angelo+Matthews&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/component\/search\/?searchword=Angelo+Matthews&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\">Angelo Matthews<\/a> was left out from Sri Lanka&#8217;s 14-member squad for the first cricket Test against England in Galle starting Monday after he failed a fitness test.<\/p>\n<p>Mathews also had to miss the recently concluded Asia Cup with a calf muscle injury and now middle-order batsman Chamara Silva will be replacing him in the squad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think we can use Mathews as an all-rounder in the future. Mathews has some problem with his legs and it is very unlikely he will bowl much. We have to look at him purely as a batsman,&#8221; said chief selector Ashantha de Mel.<\/p>\n<p>Silva impressed the selectors with a 163 off 180 balls for Sri Lanka Cricket President&#8217;s XI in a three-day warm-up match against England.<\/p>\n<p>Thilan Samaraweera has been named vice-captain to Mahela Jayawardene, in Mathews&#8217;s absence.<\/p>\n<p>The series comprise just two Tests and the second will start in Colombo, April 3.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The squad:<\/strong> <a href=\"component\/search\/?searchword=Mahela+Jayawardene&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/component\/search\/?searchword=Mahela+Jayawardene&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\">Mahela Jayawardene<\/a> (captain), Thilan Samaraweera, <a href=\"component\/search\/?searchword=Tillakaratne+Dilshan&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/component\/search\/?searchword=Tillakaratne+Dilshan&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\">Tillakaratne Dilshan<\/a>, Tharanga Paranavitana, Lahiru Thirimanne, <a href=\"component\/search\/?searchword=Kumar+Sangakkara&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/component\/search\/?searchword=Kumar+Sangakkara&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\">Kumar Sangakkara<\/a>, Chamara Silva, Dinesh Chandimal, Prasanna Jayawardene, Suranga Lakmal, Dhammika Prasad, Chanaka Welegedara, Suraj Randiv, Rangana Herath. <strong>(IANS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Colombo: Sri Lankan all-rounder Angelo Matthews was left out from Sri Lanka&#8217;s 14-member squad for the first cricket Test against England in Galle starting Monday after he failed a fitness test. 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