Angelo Mathews Stays Lanka's Test, ODI Captain; Lasith Malinga to Lead in T20s
Angelo Mathews and Lasith Malinga have been appointed Sri Lanka captains till the England tour next year.
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Sri Lanka's national selectors have decided to re-appoint all-rounder Angelo Mathews as captain for the Test and ODI formats. Mathews' stint will start from the upcoming tour of Pakistan and continue till Sri Lanka's tour to England next year.
Lasith Malinga has been made Sri Lanka's T20 captain. The speedster will lead Sri Lanka's title defence at the ICC World Twenty 20 to be played in India in 2016.
Pakistan will undertake a full tour in June-July. The series will involve three Tests and five ODIs.
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Galle (June 17-21), P Sara Oval, Colombo (June 25-29) and Pallekele (July 3-7) will host the Test matches. The ODI series starts in Dambulla on July 11. The teams end the series with a couple of T20s (July 30 and August 1), both in Colombo.(Catch All the Latest Cricket Updates Here)
In mid-2014, Pakistan had lost their Test series in Sri Lanka 2-0. The forthcoming tour will be the sixth bilateral series between these two teams in six years, and the third Test series in 18 months.