Vaas retired from Test cricket after the Pakistan series, but was ignored for the one-dayers despite insisting he would play limited-overs cricket till the 2011 World Cup.
Muralitharan has taken more Test (770) and one-day (505) wickets than any other bowler, will lend experience to the hosts' bowling attack in the absence of veteran seamer Chaminda Vaas.
Middle-order batsman Thilan Samaraweera returns to the one-day arena after four years, but dashing Tillakaratne Dilshan will miss the series after sustaining finger and eye injuries during the third Test.
Upul Tharanga is expected to open the innings with veteran Sanath Jayasuriya.
The rivals will also play a Twenty20 international in Colombo on August 12 after the one-dayers end.But Younus is confident a change in personnel and infusion of new blood for the five one-day matches will revive the tourists and provide entertaining cricket for fans.
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