{"id":69426,"date":"2017-09-02T15:13:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T22:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=69426"},"modified":"2017-09-02T15:13:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-02T22:13:32","slug":"sri-lanka-is-in-danger-of-not-meeting-a-spot-in-the-top-8-test-teams-to-be-able-to-automatically-qualify-for-the-2019-odi-world-cup-lankaweb-on-30-march-2017-dayasiri-jay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/09\/02\/sri-lanka-is-in-danger-of-not-meeting-a-spot-in-the-top-8-test-teams-to-be-able-to-automatically-qualify-for-the-2019-odi-world-cup-lankaweb-on-30-march-2017-dayasiri-jay\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSri Lanka is in danger of not meeting a spot in the top 8 Test Teams, to be able to automatically qualify for the 2019 ODI World Cup\u201d.\u00a0 Lankaweb on 30 March, 2017. Dayasiri Jayasekera and Sumathipala must get out or be kicked out!"},"content":{"rendered":"

By M D P DISSANAYAKE<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

The heading of this article represent the first sentence of the article ( with an error on my part of the word Test<\/strong> instead of ODI<\/strong>) published in Lankaweb under the heading TISSERA PERERA MUST BE TOSSED OUT OF THE ODI TEAM-NEED A POOL OF ALL ROUNDERS TO ENSURE PLACE IN TOP 8\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is no shortage of cricketing brains in Sri Lanka.\u00a0 We still have world class present and past cricketers.\u00a0 Sunil Gavaskar\u2019s\u00a0 adverse comments on Sri Lankan cricket display his own ignorance and must question why a commentator like Gavaskar was provided a forum in the panel, when he has clearly displayed his prejudice against Sri Lanka on many occasions.\u00a0 In my books, he is a little dangerous rat and should never be allowed on the panel.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Comments of these idiots undoubtedly affect the mental steadiness of the players.<\/p>\n

Arjuna Ranatunga has a far superior cricketing brain than Gavaskar<\/strong>.\u00a0 Kaluvitharana, Atapattu, Aravinda, Mahela, Kumar, Sanath, Dilshan, Chaminda Vaas, Murali have all put together greater innings\u00a0 than Gavaskar, Kapil Dev etc.<\/p>\n

In World Cricket,\u00a0 Sri Lanka\u2019s record of 952 test\u00a0 runs aginst India is still shining.\u00a0 At that time, India had:\u00a0\u00a0 Mongia,\u00a0\u00a0 Sidhu,\u00a0 Rahul Dravid, Tendulkar, Azharruddin, Ganguly, Anil Kumble, a colourful comibination of dominant players.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Against the like of Indian team, Sri Lankan Greats were : Sanath, Atapattu, Mahanama,\u00a0 Aravinda, Arjuna, Mahela, Kalu, Vaas, etc<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sri Lankan pool of resources are still available. The team is currently mismanaged mainly due to lack of leadership.<\/p>\n

The conflict of interest is dominating in most of the Key CEO equivalent positions in Private and Public Sector in Sri Lanka, including the roles of Ministers in Cabinet.<\/p>\n

There is no doubt, our past legendary cricketers are unwilling\u00a0 or afraid to\u00a0 be heavily involved with Sri Lankan Cricket at this moment. Our great cricketers are not in Money Laundering or Gambling Business.\u00a0\u00a0 They have maintained their reputation after they left the game.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

To clean up, there is no short cut.\u00a0 Our Minister of Sports is hopeless.\u00a0 He is a great singer, he can sing over and over SARA SANDA PAYALA, but Jayasekera must get out of Sports.\u00a0 Likes of Sumathipala should not be involved in Sports.\u00a0 These two gentlemen must resign and clear the way for our cricketing professionals to take over the leadership and management of Sri Lankan Cricket. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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