Tillakaratne Dilshan, right, has retired from Test cricket and will only be a part of Sri Lanka's limited-overs side in England. Satish Kumar / The National
Tillakaratne Dilshan, right, has retired from Test cricket and will only be a part of Sri Lanka's limited-overs side in England. Satish Kumar / The National
Tillakaratne Dilshan, right, has retired from Test cricket and will only be a part of Sri Lanka's limited-overs side in England. Satish Kumar / The National
Tillakaratne Dilshan, right, has retired from Test cricket and will only be a part of Sri Lanka's limited-overs side in England. Satish Kumar / The National

Sri Lanka name 25-strong squad for tour of England


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Sri Lanka have named a bloated 25-man squad for their summer tour of England and Ireland.

The tourists play two one-day internationals against the Irish at Clontarf in early May before five ODIs, a solitary Twenty20 and two Tests against England, ending the trip in late June.

All bases are covered in a single extended group named by Sri Lanka Cricket as opposed to distinct Test and limited-overs parties.

Not all players will be available across the formats, with Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara retiring from the shortest format at the end of the ongoing World Twenty20 and Tillakaratne Dilshan having already called time on his Test career.

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