Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee, Sanath Jayasuriya has resigned with immediate effect from the committee appointed by SLC to select a permanent coach for the national team.
When contacted Sanath Jayasuriya said that he has sent his resignation letter to SLC stating the reasons for his decision.
Sri Lanka Cricket ExCo had appointed a committee to evaluate and short list the applicants and to nominate the appropriate candidate for the vacant position.
The committee comprised of Asanga Seneviratne, Mohan De Silva, Nishantha Ranatunga, Hirantha Perera, Nuski Mohamed, Sanath Jayasuriya, Jayananda Warnaweera, Shammi Silva, Dushan Soyza, Ranjit Fernando, and Head of Coaching Jerome Jayaratne.
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Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan will miss the Champions League T20 (CLT20) due to personal reasons, according to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), meaning that he will not be part of the Southern Express setup for the T20 event."Dilshan has informed Sri Lanka Cricket today and I have been informed that Dilshan wont be participating in the Champions League due personal reasons," said Shane Fernando, manager of Southern Express.Despite not having the services of Lasith Malinga, who chose to play for Mumbai Indians, Fernando sounded confident of his side's chances at the T20 event."The team has been preparing for the last six weeks without Malinga, and I think we have a well-balanced side. The captain [Jehan Mubarak] and coach [Naveed Nawaz] are very happy with the team," he said.Though admitting that Dilshan's absence will not hurt the team much, Fernando maintained that he was a champion batsman in the T20 format."Dilshan didn't attend any matches during our preparation. So as far Dilshan is concerned, he is a champion batsman and a superb T20 player, but we have prepared so far and we have enough talent in our side to go ahead in this tournament even without Dilshan," he concluded.(Cricbuzz)
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It has been reported that there is a plan of sending a light air craft with LTTE flag to the grounds while the first test match Sri Lanka vs England is going on at Lord’s grounds.
Even before, this had been planed when there was a match, but, it didn’t reach the grounds as it had stopped at a brand of a tree.
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India has become the number-one ranked Twenty20 International (T20I) side after the annual update of the Reliance ICC T20I Team Rankings, which was announced today. India has swapped places with ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 champion Sri Lanka, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said.
In the past 12 months, India has lost just one T20I (against Sri Lanka in the recent ICC WT20 Final in Bangladesh) while Sri Lanka has lost four matches. The 2013-2014 results are weighted at 100 per cent whereas, the results in 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 are now weighted at 50 per cent. Therefore, Sri Lanka’s strong performances in those two earlier years now count for less.
In the other major change, the West Indies has slipped two places. This drop has moved Australia and New Zealand up by one place each.
The updated table now reflects all T20I matches completed after 1 August 2011. All T20I matches played until the start of May 2015 will be added to this table, so that by May 2015, the ratings will be based on just under four years of results.
In all 14 countries have played sufficient T20I matches to be ranked on the table. Three countries are unranked, as they haven’t played the minimum number of 8 matches during the rankings period, but do have a rating.
Reliance ICC T20I Team Rankings (as of 1 May, after annual update)
Rank (+/-) Team Rating (+/-)
1 (+1) India 131 (+1)
2 (-1) Sri Lanka 130 (-3)
3 (-) Pakistan 123 (+3)
4 (-) South Africa 121 (+3)
5 (+1) Australia 112 (+2)
6 (+1) New Zealand 110 (+3)
7 (-2) West Indies 110 (-4)
8 (-) England 97 (-4)
9 (-) Ireland 87 (+2)
10 (-) Bangladesh 72 (+1)
11 (+1) Netherlands 68 (+6)
12 (-1) Afghanistan 62 (-4)
13 (-) Zimbabwe 52 (+2)
14 (-) Scotland 51 (+1)
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Kenyan national Cricket team will arrive in Sri Lanka to play seven T20 games against the countries ‘A’ team.
The ‘A’ team will be captained by test player Lahiru Thirimanne.
The seven matches will be played at CCC (Colombo Cricket Club Ground) and NCC (Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground) grounds starting from the 27th October.
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Sri lanka Cricket has appointed Famous clothing provider Hameedia’s as the official formal clothing sponsor of Sri Lanka National Cricket teams.
As the official clothing sponsor of the nationl cricket teams, Hameedia’s will also provide clothing for the ‘A’ team, the provincial T/20 Champions, taking part in the Champions League T/20 and also the under 19 team participating in the ICC and ACC events.
The clothing firm will also be the formal clothing sponsor of the national women’s cricket team.
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The foreign media reports that an ex cricket captain of Australian team Grieg Chappel is to be appointed as the head coach for Sri Lankan National team.
Also that reports says that there are Indian, British, Indian, Australian and New Zealand Nationals who had applied for the vacant position of head coach of Sri Lanka National cricket team
Meantime, Sri Lanka Cricket authorities has extended the closing date up to the end of this month (October.2013)
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