Lanka face tough selection calls

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Before Sri Lanka start their final campaign to win a Test in Australia with their golden generation they must first make a couple of crucial decisions over the make-up of their team.
After being thrashed by an innings and 40 runs in the opening match in Brisbane, the tourists face a restructure in an all-or-nothing attempt to beat the hosts, according to website cricinfo.
A few things fall in Sri Lanka's favour: the pitch should spin as the match wears on, the conditions are unlikely to aid swing and the surface does not offer the extra bounce that caused problems at the Gabba. However, Australia have not lost any of the seven Tests played at Bellerive Oval and they arrived in Tasmania determined to improve on their stunning first-Test performance. A victory would earn Ricky Ponting's 14th win in a row.
While Sri Lanka's selectors have many things to discuss, Australia have no concerns over the composition of their 11. Michael Clarke has a tight hamstring but is not in doubt, leaving an unchanged side and no way in for Ben Hilfenhaus, the local swing bowler. Mahela Jayawardene must wish life was so easy.
A fit Kumar Sangakkara would ease some of Jayaw-ardene's batting concerns after his team was dismissed for 211 and 300 in Brisbane. Sangakkara missed the first Test with a hamstring injury and the Sri Lankans will weigh up the importance of using a key performer in a vital game with restricting further damage ahead of next month's home series with England.
If Sangakkara is picked Thilan Samaraweera looks most vulnerable even though he offers a part-time slow-bowling option. He has scored only 119 runs in his past four Tests, including 13 and 20 in Brisbane, while Chamara Silva collected 40 and 43. The bowling line-up is also expected to be altered with the addition of Lasith Malinga.
Sri Lanka missed the fire of Malinga in Brisbane and during the Test it was revealed Chaminda Vaas was the bowler most likely to miss out if Malinga had played. Vaas is in line to reach his 100th Test if selected for Hobart and leaving him out would be a tough call.