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KANDY , Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's left-handed opening batsman Upul Tharanga has recovered from a fractured left heel and will play in the third and final cricket test against Bangladesh, as the hosts aim to sweep the series 3-0, the captain said.
Tharanga suffered the injury while facing teammate Lasith Malinga during a practice session and missed the first two tests in Colombo .
« Upul is our number one choice for the openers role. So one of the other openers will have to sit out ,» Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene told reporters.
Stand-in openers Michael Vandort and Malinda Warnapura have done well in the first two tests and it will be a tough decision for the selectors to chose who will partner Tharanga .
Vandort scored a century in the first Test while Warnapura , another left-hander, scored 82 in the second test at P.Saravanamuttu Stadium after getting a first ball duck in the first match.
«At the moment, its touch and go between Michael Vandort and Malinda Warnapura . Well take a decision later in the day ,» Jayawardene said.
Veteran seamer Chaminda Vaas returning to play for English county Middlesex has opened a chance for 22-year-old Farveez Maharoof to play in the third test while the selectors are also considering giving left-arm seam bowler Sujeeva Silva his first match in five years.
Bangladesh, meanwhile, are likely to make two changes to the side that lost the second test.
They are likely to bring in left-arm seamer Syed Rasel to replace Mohammad Sharif , who failed to take a wicket in the previous test and batsman Tushar Imran may come in for Mehrab Hossain .
Bangladesh are looking to salvage some pride after two disastrous games in Colombo. They lost the first test at the Sinhalese Sport Club ground by an innings and 234 runs and the second game by an innings and 90 runs.
But one positive for the tourists was a record breaking partnership between captain Mohammad Ashraful and teenage batsman Mushfiqar Rahim . The pair added 191 runs for the sixth wicket, a new Bangladeshi record for any wicket against any country .
«We certainly had a few positives coming out in the last test. We will try to keep on improving. We know that we can do better ,» Ashraful said.
«One of the areas that we have to improve on is to show a lot of patience in playing test cricket ,» he added.
«The partnership helped us to drag the game further. It also gave a couple of guys confidence. At one moment we looked set to take the game to the fourth day. But one wicket fell and from thereon we lost the way a bit.

Sri Lanka :
Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Upul Tharanga , Michael Vandort , Malinda Warnapura , Kumar Sangakkara , Chamara Silva, Tillekeratne Dilshan, Prasanna Jayawardene , Farveez Maharoof , Lasith Malinga , Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan , Malinga Bandara and Sujeeva Silva.

Bangladesh :
Mohammad Ashraful (captain), Javed Omar, Shahriar Nafees , Rajin Saleh , Habibul Bashar , Mehrab Hossain , Mushfiqur Rahim , Shahadat Hossain , Mashrafe Mortaza , Mohammad Rafique , Mohammad Sharif , Abdur Razzak , Khaled Mashud , Shakib Al Hasan and Syed Rasel .

Umpires: Rudi Koertzen , South Africa, Suresh Shastri , India.
Match Referee: Jeff Crowe, New Zealand.
Third Umpire: Ranmore Martinez, Sri Lanka.