Left-arm spinner Amila Aponso has been added to the Sri Lanka ODI squad for the first two games against Zimbabwe in Galle.
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With Aponso’s inclusion, the current squad is extended to 14 players and skipper Angelo Mathews will have three frontline spinners to choose from.
“All three spinners I have, Amila Aponso, Lakshan Sandakan and Akila Dananjaya are very quality spinners. We will take a look at the pitch tomorrow morning and take a call on who will play.” Mathews said at the pre-match press conference.
Aponso, who debuted against Australia last year, played all the five matches against the Aussies and captured 7 wickets at an average of 25.85. Aponso is known as a tidy, accurate customer and his economy-rate of 4.17 in that series stood out from the rest. Despite this stellar performance, Aponso was left out of the 4 subsequent ODI series’ played by Sri Lanka for reasons unknown.
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Since his debut in August last year, Aponso represented Sri Lanka A and Sri Lanka Emerging XI earlier this year. 24-year old Aponso is a former St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa captain and a current representative from Ragama Cricket Club who has taken 162 first-class wickets and 52 List A scalps.
