Ajantha Mendis
Age: 26, Tests: 15 wickets: 61 to 31
Novelty is one of the attributes most of a spinner: person shows better than Mendis. At its inception, the series of tests against the India, he took 26 wickets in 18 each.
Two years later against the India - once again in Sri Lanka - it was six for 57, mystery went. Therefore, there was a valid reason for Sri Lanka, dropping for the final against the India World Cup.
But England still found his mixture of leg-spin off spin a mystery in quarter-final.
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Thilan Samaraweera
Age: 34, Tests: 63, Runs: 54 average 4,395
Samaraweera killed in England on their tour 2003-4 with a hundred of painfully slow. Slow heights, he was a prolific accumulator, with an average of 63 in Tests in Sri Lanka.
But in England he average four, after two trials and it is time to recovery again as the England seamers and swingers stuck in.
Otherwise, at 5, he could guide the inexperienced lower order.
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Dilhara Fernando
Age: 31, Tests: 35, wickets: 90-36
Everything as Munaf Patel the India has the physical attributes to be a second Glenn McGrath, has therefore Dilhara Fernando, and has not, yet.
Sri Lanka have stocky seamers but Fernando is the height to be something more. He can also Bowl an outswinger and a SLO-pitch smart - and a supply without end of non-boules.
Almost 32, he lead the attack if Sri Lanka are to win a test.
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Sri Lanka tour fixtures
14-16 May: v Middlesex (Uxbridge) from 19 to 22 may: v England Lions (Derby) 26-May 30: 1 test (Cardiff) 3-June 7: 2nd TEST (Lord) 10-12 June: v Essex (Chelmsford) June 16-20: 3rd TEST (Southampton) June 22 : v Worcestershire (Worcester) June 25: only T20I v England (Bristol), June 28: 1 v ODI in England (Oval) on 1 July: 2nd ODI v England (Headingley) 3 July: 3rd ODI v of England (Lord) of 6 July: 4th ODI in England (Trent bridge) July 9v: 5th ODI v England (Old Trafford) 11 July: ODI / Ireland (Edinburgh) July 13: V ODI in Scotland (Edinburgh)
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