Sri Lankan and Windies teams pick longer route to reach Hambantota.

KARACHI -- On Sunday, both the Sri Lankan and visiting West Indies teams had to take a longer route to reach to Hambantota, the venue for the second day/night ODI, scheduled to be played at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium on 26th February. "We left the team hotel at around 12 noon on Sunday and reached Matara, where the lunch was taken at the Rest House but had to catch a longer route to reach here because we could not travel on a Southern Expressway extension as it was not opened yet", a member of the staff, who was making travel arrangements for the teams, said to this Reporter. "The last two phases of Southern Expressway extension was scheduled to be opened to-day (Sunday) but not before our team left from there and hence could not get the opportunity to reach here early", he said. "Yes, it...