Vaas, 35, is expected to announce his retirement from Test cricket before the start of the third Test, which would be his 111th game in a 15-year career that has netted him 354 wickets. Sri Lanka toyed with the possibility of playing Muttiah Muralitharan, who has recovered from a knee tendon injury, but decided not to risk the off-spinner, having already taken a winning 2-0 lead in the series.
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