da bet7： Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya has badly bruised his forearm after being hit by a Brett Lee thunderbolt and is expected to miss Sri Lanka’s next game against India on Monday
Charlie Austin07-Mar-2003Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya has badly bruised his forearm after being hit by a Brett Lee thunderbolt and is expected to miss Sri Lanka’s next game against India on Monday.Jayasuriya was struck by a short delivery in Lee’s first over of the innings and forced to retire hurt as Sri Lanka chased a mammoth 320 runs for victory.The left-hander – Sri Lanka’s highest run score in the tournament with 269 runs in the first six games – was rushed to hospital where x-rays revealed no broken bones in his arm but a fracture in his thumb.The intial prognosis was that Jayasuriya would play no further part in the tournament but the management are now hopeful that the left-hander could return in time for Sri Lanka’s key clash against Zimbabwe next week.”His forearm is badly bruised and x-rays revealed a slight fracture. We will have to wait and see what happens. It is not as bad as we first thought,” confirmed team manager Ajit Jayasekera.A talismanic figure with the bat, as well as an important part of the bowling attack with his slow left-arm spin, his injury is a major blow for Sri Lanka.