Sri Lanka veteran Marvan Atapattu will sit out the Test portion of this season’s National Bank Test series against the BLACKCAPS. 
Former captain Atapattu will rest a back problem which had caused him problems in the past.
The Sri Lanka selectors have called up two uncapped players – batsman Chamara Silva and seam bowler Akalanka Ganegama for the Tests at Christchurch and Wellington.
Silva has also been chosen for the five-match ODI series, beginning in Napier on December 28.
The Sri Lanka's begin their tour against , in a four-day game beginning 30 November.
Sri Lanka Test squad: M Jayawardene (captain) , K Sangakkara, S Jayasuriya , U Tharanga, T Dilshan, C Kapugedera, C Silva , P Jayawardene, F Maharoof, C Vaas , L Malinga, D Fernando, A Ganegama, M Muralitharan.
ODI squad: M Jayawardene (captain) , K Sangakkara, S Jayasuriya, U Tharanga, T Dilshan, M Atapattu, C Kapugedera, C Silva, P Jayawardene, F Maharoof, C Vaas, L Malinga, D Fernando, A Ganegama, M Muralitharan, M Bandara, R Perera.