Upul Tharanga 
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Lanka’s captain Tharanga suspended for two matches

Sri Lanka’s stand-in captain Upul Tharanga has been suspended for the next two matches of his team in the ongoing Champions Trophy because of an over-rate offence in the first Group B encounter of the tournament played at the Kennington Oval here on Saturday.

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The members of the Sri Lankan team have each been fined 60 percent of their match fee. Sri Lanka took more than four hours to bowl 50 overs. Match referee David Boon ruled they were short of the target by four overs, even after making time allowances.

Finn replaces injured Woakes 

Fast bowler Steven Finn has been named as a replacement for injured Chris Woakes in the England squad for the rest of the ongoing Champions Trophy. Woakes was ruled out of the tournament after sustaining the injury during his side’s eight-wicket win over Bangladesh at the Oval on Thursday. He bowled just two overs before being forced to leave the field.

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