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MCC announces new Honorary Life Members | Lord’s Includes Rangana Herath MCC IS DELIGHTED TO TODAY ANNOUNCE 18 NEW HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS. Source:-www.lords.org MCC awards Honorary Life Membership (HLM) of the Club to some of the world’s finest cricketers and is delighted to announce the names of the latest men and women to have been bestowed with this privilege: Eight of the 12 Test-playing nations are represented within this year’s list, which includes some of the most recognisable names in the modern game. England’s leading Test run-scorer, Sir Alastair Cook, is joined by fellow countrymen Ian Bell and Marcus Trescothick, totalling more than 39,000 international runs between them. A fourth England star, Sarah Taylor, returned to the field this year, appearing in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Charlotte Edwards Cup and The Hundred, and is recognised as one of the finest wicket-keepers of her generation. Four South African legends have been awarded Honorary Life Membership, with Hashim Amla, Herschelle ...

Foreign coaches have failed to deliver the goods-by Althaf Nawaz Mickey Arthur-Grant Flower Source:Dailynews A serious question has arisen among the Sri Lankan cricket loving public and the sport’s stakeholders on whether it is of any worth employing foreign coaches for our cricketers. They question the contribution to our cricket so far by coaches such as Mickey Arthur and Grant Flower, who have been paid exorbitant salaries and provided with all the luxuries, during their tenure, as Sri Lanka’s cricket seems to have gone from bad to worse. That’s not all. The contribution by the so called high performance unit of Sri Lanka Cricket is also being questioned. There several personnel inclusive of former cricketers are recruited to handle this segment which plays a pivotal role. But the present performance of the team has raised doubts whether they are really in to their stipulated task. Since last year’s South African ...