Sri Lanka Recall Maharoof England and Ireland ODIs

Colombo: Sri Lankan all rounder Farveez Maharoof inched closer to a return to international cricket on Wednesday after being called into the squad for one-day series against England and Ireland.

Fellow all rounder Danushka Gunathilaka, batsman Upul Tharanga, leg-spinner Seekkuge Prasanna and off-spinner Suraj Randiv will also join the squad for the one-dayers, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said in a statement.

Maharoof, who played the last of his 104 ODIs against Bangladesh in March 2012, was rewarded after the 31-year-old emerged as the Premier Limited Over Tournament's leading wicket-taker.

SLC did not specify cricketers who would return home after the test series.

Sri Lanka take on England in the final test at Lord's on Thursday, hoping to avoid a 3-0 defeat.

They will then move to Dublin for two one-dayers against Ireland before returning to England for a five-match ODI series against the hosts to be followed by a Twenty20 International on July 5.

Sri Lanka one-day squad:

Angelo Mathews (c)
Dushmantha Chameera
Dinesh Chandimal (wk)
Dhananjaya de Silva
Niroshan Dickwella (wk)
Shaminda Eranga
Nuwan Pradeep
Danushka Gunathilaka
Rangana Herath
Suraj Randiv
Dimuth Karunaratne
Suranga Lakmal
Farveez Maharoof
Kusal Mendis
Dilruwan Perera
Dhammika Prasad
Seekkuge Prasanna
Dasun Shanaka
Kaushal Silva
Milinda Siriwardana
Upul Tharanga
Lahiru Thirimanne

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