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Tharanga ruled out after Malinga delivery
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Jun 21, 2007, 23:07

Left-handed opener Upul Tharanga was ruled out of the first two Tests against Asian neighbours Bangladesh after he was struck on his foot in the nets.

"Tharanga was hit on his foot by a Lasith Malinga delivery this morning", Kangadaran Mathivanan, the secretary of the Sri Lankan board told Agence France Presse.

Mathivanan also said that Sri Lanka A team members Thilan Samaraweera, Michael Vandort and Jehan Mubarak, playing a three-day warm-up game against Bangladesh; are in line to take Tharanga's place.

Sri Lanka host Bangladesh for three Test matches and three ODIs. The first Test begins in Colombo on June 25.