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Event technical committee confirms Sanduni Abeywickrama can replace Chamani Seneviratne in Sri Lanka squad for ICC Women's World Cup

The event technical committee of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2009 has approved Sanduni Abeywickrama as a replacement player for Chamani Seneviratne in Sri Lanka’s squad for the tournament, which kicks off from Saturday.

The confirmation was conveyed to Sri Lanka on behalf of the tournament technical committee on Thursday evening.

Seneviratne’s replacement was allowed on medical grounds after the 30-year-old all-rounder was injured during her team’s first warm-up match against New South Wales at Old Kings.

Abeywickrama, the 26-year-old from Colombo, is a right-hand batter and an off-spinner, and has played five ODIs. Her last appearance was against the West Indies at Colombo in November 2008.

Abeywickrama is the third replacement player to be called up for the tournament after Marizanne Kapp and Debbie-Ann Lewis were approved to replace Kirsty Thomson for South Africa and Juliana Nero for the West Indies respectively.

The event technical committee of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2009 consists of ICC General Manager – Cricket David Richardson (represented by Chris Tetley, ICC Events Manager), ICC General Manager – Commercial Campbell Jamieson, Eugenie Buckley (Tournament Director), Geoff Allardice (Cricket Australia), Alan Wilkins and Melanie Jones (both independent nominees).

Sri Lanka meets England in the tournament opener in Canberra on Saturday. Its other matches are against Pakistan on Monday 9 March in Canberra and against India in Bankstown on Thursday 12 March.

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