Maharoof ruled out of Eng series

Farveez Maharoof will be bitterly disappointed tonight after damage to his left ankle ruled him out of the rest of the Hobart Test and the series against England coming up.

Sri Lanka were left a bowler short on the second day’s play of the second Test after Maharoof sustained the injury. Scans suggest that it will take four to five weeks to heal, ruling him out of the home series against England, according to Mahela Jayawardene.

“He’ll be out for at least four to five weeks, it could be a bit more than that depending on how he will feel especially because he is a fast bowler and he needs to put his weight on that ankle. He’ll be definitely out of the England test series,” Jayawardene told the media.

“Maharoof started complaining about the ankle yesterday and we got it strapped up and he bowled really well with it yesterday.”