Sri Lanka’s batting hopes will revolve round the form of Dimuth Karunaratne who leads the team in the opening World Cup match against New Zealand.
Sri Lanka will play its opening World Cup match against New Zealand today (June 1) at Cardiff.
The Sri Lankans, World Cup winners in 1996, are ranked ninth in this tournament being played in England and Wales. New Zealand is the fourth-ranked team
The game starts at 7.30pm AEST.
Sri Lanka squad:
Dimuth Karunaratne (Captain)
Age: 30. Playing role: Opening batsman, left-hand bat. Bowling: Right-arm medium
Dhananjaya de Silva
Age: 27. Playing role: Allrounder. Batting: Right-hand bat. Bowling: Right-arm off-break.
Nuwan Pradeep
Age: 32. Playing role: Bowler. Batting: Right-hand bat. Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium.
Avishka Fernando
Age: 21. Playing role: Opening batsman. Batting: Right-hand bat. Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast.
Suranga Lakmal
Age: 32. Playing role: Bowler. Batting: Right-hand bat. Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium.
Lasith Malinga
Age: 35. Playing role: Bowler. Batting: Right-hand bat. Bowling: Right-arm fast.
Angelo Mathews
Age: 31. Playing role: Allrounder. Batting: Right-hand bat. Bowling: Right-arm medium.
Kusal Mendis
Age: 24. Playing role: Wicketkeeper-batsman. Batting: Right-hand bat.
Jeevan Mendis
Age: 36. Playing role: Allrounder. Batting: Left-hand bat. Bowling: Leg-break.
Kusal Perera
Age: 28. Playing role: Wicketkeeper-batsman. Batting: Left-hand bat.
Thisara Perera
Age: 30. Playing role: Allrounder. Batting: Left-hand bat. Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast.
Milinda Siriwardana
Age: 33. Playing role: Allrounder. Batting: Left-hand bat. Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox.
Lahiru Thirimanne
Age: 29. Playing role: Top-order batsman. Batting: Left-hand bat. Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast
Isuru Udana
Age: 31. Playing role: Allrounder. Batting: Right-hand bat. Bowling: Left-arm medium-fast.
Jeffrey Vandersay
Age: 29. Playing role: Bowler. Batting: Right-hand bat. Bowling: Leg-break.
