hero-image

ENG vs SL 2021: Two Sri Lanka players test Covid-19 positive, put into 14-day quarantine

Sri Lanka are due to travel to England at the end of this month
Sri Lanka are due to travel to England at the end of this month

Sri Lanka all-rounders Dhananjaya Lakshan and Ishan Jayaratne tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday (May 8) and are reportedly undergoing 14 days of quarantine. The duo was named in the provisional 28-man squad for the limited-overs tour of England in June-July this year.

The reports were confirmed during rapid-antigen tests conducted on all the players before administering them the first dose of the anti-Covid vaccine at the National Blood Bank in Colombo. The development puts the Sri Lankan team’s departure to the UK in slight jeopardy.

But their three-match ODI series in Bangladesh starting May 23 can go ahead unhindered given the two are not part of the 18-man contingent.

Both Lakshan and Jayaratne are yet to make their international debuts, but they have a staggering domestic record in limited-overs cricket. 22-year-old Lakshan has played 15 List A and 29 T20 matches thus far, amassing 453 runs and 12 wickets, and 294 runs and 17 wickets in the respective formats.

31-year-old Jayaratne is the more experienced of the two. In 96 List A and 51 T20 games, the Colombo lad has scored 782 runs and picked 121 wickets, and 478 runs and 68 wickets in each format.


Sri Lanka to play 6 ODIs and 3 T20Is in the upcoming two series

Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh

May 23, Friday | 1st ODI: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

May 25, Tuesday | 2nd ODI: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

May 28, Friday | 3rd ODI: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Sri Lanka tour of England

June 18, Friday | Practice OD: Kent vs Sri Lanka, St. Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

June 20, Sunday | Practice T20: Sussex vs Sri Lanka, County Ground, Hove

June 23, Wednesday | 1st T20I: England vs Sri Lanka, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

June 24, Thursday | 2nd T20: England vs Sri Lanka, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

June 26, Saturday | 3rd T20: England vs Sri Lanka, The Rose Bowl, Southampton

June 29, Tuesday | 1st ODI: England vs Sri Lanka, Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

July 1, Thursday | 2nd ODI: England vs Sri Lanka, Kennington Oval, London

July 4, Sunday | 3rd ODI: England vs Sri Lanka, County Ground, Bristol


You may also like