Mathews Named Sri Lanka Test, ODI Captain

Colombo: Allrounder Angelo Mathews has been appointed Sri Lanka's Test and ODI captain, replacing Mahela Jayawardene, for a period of one year.

The 25-year-old Mathews was Jayawardene's deputy and was the heir apparent to the captaincy since the latter announced that he would be quitting captaincy after Sri Lanka's tour of Australia.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Chandimal will be Mathews' deputy, but will lead the national side in the Twenty20 format.

Lasith Malinga will be the team's vice-captain for T20. The selectors have also named a 20-member pool of players for the two-match home Test series against Bangladesh, starting next month.

Veteran Thilan Samaraweera, opener Tharanga Paranavithana and wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene have been dropped from the squad.

Four uncapped players -- batsmen Kithruwan Vithanage and Ashen Silva, a medium pacer Dushmantha Chameera and off-spinner Tharindu Kaushal -- have been included.

Test squad:

• Angelo Mathews (capt)
• Dinesh Chandimal (wk, vice-capt)
• Tillakaratne Dilshan
• Dimuth Karunaratne
• Ashen Silva
• Kumar Sangakkara
• Lahiru Thirimanne
• Mahela Jayawardene
• Kushal Janith Perera (wk)
• Jeevan Mendis
• Kithuruwan Vithanage
• Ajantha Mendis
• Suraj Randiv
• Nuwan Kulasekara
• Shaminda Eranga
• Chanaka Welegedera
• Nuwan Pradeep
• Dushmantha Chameera
• Rangana Herath
• Tharindu Kaushal