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Sri Lankan cricketers leave with a ‘parting message’ – By CALLISTUS DAVY Source : sundayobserver With the euphoria of winning the Asia Cup subsiding and the focus now on the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia, the Sri Lanka team departed with a warning that hysterical followers of the country’s main passion better watch their steps and not be over the moon that a bigger trophy is within striking distance. The players pumped up by the occasion left in the early hours of this morning and in a parting message captain Dasun Shanaka said playing the way they did in the Asia Cup will count for little or nothing in the varied conditions found in Australia where Sri Lanka needs to play as many as eight matches, three in the qualifying round, in the run-up to the November 13 final. “The Asia Cup is just one tournament, we cannot think about ...