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Left-arm paceman Thilan Thushara will link up with Sri Lanka's World Twenty20 team in the Caribbean as an injury standby for Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lanka Cricket have announced.
Veteran spinner Muralitharan suffered a groin injury during last week's first-round match against New Zealand and although Sri Lanka have opted to keep the off-spinner with the team, his participation in the tournament remains in doubt.
Sri Lanka's injured start spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is recovering slowly and will remain with the team for the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean, Sri Lanka Cricket said Wednesday.
Muralitharan, 38, who is also the team's vice captain, has made "significant progress" and is recovering from a groin injury picked up during last Friday's opening game against New Zealand, which Sri Lanka lost by two wickets.
Mahela Jayawardene's classy century and Guyanese rains combined to give Sri Lanka a 14-run win over Zimbabwe on the Duckworth-Lewis method in their World Twenty20 Group B match.
This was a match Sri Lanka, beaten first up by New Zealand, had to win to stay in the tournament.
But it was a close-run thing for last year's losing finalists with the five overs needed in Zimbabwe's reply to constitute a match only just completed before rain ended the game.
Veteran batsman Jayawardene's innings was the cornerstone of Sri Lanka's 7 for 173, made after captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss.
Zimbabwe, playing its first match of the tournament after encouraging warm-up wins over defending champions Pakistan and Australia, saw its innings halted by rain in the first over.
Scott Styris expects scores of as little as 120 to be competitive during the World Twenty20 games in Guyana. New Zealand begin the tournament against Sri Lanka on Friday and the teams in groups B and D face a tough time if Styris' predictions are accurate.
Lancashire have announced the signings of Australia all-rounder Simon Katich and West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul.