Bungling administration drives Sri Lanka Cricket to depths of despair BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE A once proud cricketing nation, Sri Lanka have fallen into a deep abyss and appear powerless to claw their way back from their pathetic plight as the world watches and wonder what has struck them down. Less than a year ago the rebuilding process appeared to be on course under the watchful eye of South African Graham Ford as the young and inexperienced Sri Lankans sans retired stars Mahela Jayawardena, Kumar Sangakkara, Tillekeratne Dilshan, Chaminda Vaas and a few others took on the might of the then number one Test team Australia, and comprehensively thrashed them 3-0 at home to signal the changing of the guard. The excitement that was derived from that success was short-lived as Sri Lanka then made a morass of mistakes, appointing a performance Manager who apparently interfered with Ford’s coaching ...