Sri Lankan paceman Dushmantha Chameera will return home from England with a lower back injury, his country's cricket board announced on Tuesday, compounding the team's woes on the tour.

The 24-year-old, who took three wickets during the first Test at Headingley last week, is expected to be sidelined for around four months.

The islanders lost pace bowler Dhammika Prasad to a shoulder injury even before the first test at Leeds, which England wrapped up inside three days.

Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement  - 

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Chameera underwent an MRI/CT Scan this morning, which has indicated a stress fracture to his lower back, and medical recommendation is treatment and rest for as much as four months.

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The team would name a replacement soon, it added.

Dhammika Prasad, who has since been replaced by stumper-batsman Kusal Perera, had been undergoing treatment, the board added.

The second match of the three-test series begins at Chester-le-Street on Friday.

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