Jayasuriya to coach Aussie cricket club Source:-dailymirror Former Sri Lanka captain and chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya was appointed head coach of a club in Australia on Friday, joining two fellow countrymen at the ambitious side. Mulgrave Cricket Club, which plays in Victoria’s Eastern Cricket Association, said the 110-Test veteran would be in charge for the 2021/22 season. “We are thrilled to have Sanath at the club to coach and work with our players, providing a fantastic wealth of experience for our seniors and juniors,” it said on Facebook. Jayasuriya, 51, will join fellow Sri Lankans Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga, who had already signed on as players. Mulgrave president Malin Pullenayegam said Dilshan, who played with Jayasuriya in a Sri Lanka Legends’ side earlier this year, was instrumental in helping secure his services. “We’ve been having a chat to him for a while through obviously Dilshan as a contact,” he ...

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National pride is at stake – Sanath Jayasuriya Sanath Jayasuriya Source:Dailynews Former Sri Lanka Captain Sanath Jayasuriya yesterday expressed his disappointment after Sri Lanka lost to Bangladesh in the second One Day International (ODI) in Dhaka on Tuesday. With this win, Bangladesh won their first-ever bilateral ODI series against Sri Lanka with a match to play. ...

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Sri Lanka Cricket exposes the Great mismatch-BY CALLISTUS DAVY Sanath Jayasuriya Source:Sundayobserver Only Sanath Jayasuriya was supposed to take the field while several in the squad were average Sri Lankan players during their playing days A temporary or interim committee running the affairs of Sri Lanka Cricket after the term of an elected membership ended last month, committed yet another unfathomable twist in less than a week, this time releasing a squad of players that it branded ‘Greats’ to play in a so-called fund raiser charity match. The squad had just three of the Greats, Sanath Jayasuriya, Aravinda de Silva and Hashan Tillekaratne but literally only one of them, Jayasuriya, was to take the field with Tillekaratne also named as coach while Aravinda did not show any overwhelming desire to be part of the match when the announcement was made to the media last month apparently on the grounds of ...

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Jayasuriya Chief Guest at 42nd Observer School Cricketers of the Year Awards Show-by Dinesh Weerawansa Source:Dailynews Flashback: Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year (Outstation) 1988, Sanath Jayasuriya of St. Servatius’ College, Matara receives the prestigious Award from the late Mrs Malini Bodinagoda, wife of then ANCL Chairman Ranapala Bodinagoda. Looking on at centre is the late compere Laddie Hettiarachchi Former top award winner and the highest scorer for Sri Lanka in the recent veterans World Cup final, Sanath Jayasuriya will be the Chief Guest at the 42nd Observer School Cricketers of the Year awards show to be held at the BMICH, Colombo 7 on April 20 commencing at 5.30 p.m. ...

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Jayasuriya to toast the Show-BY DINESH WEERAWANSA Source:Sundayobserver Flashback: Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year (Outstation) 1988, Sanath Jayasuriya of St. Servatius’ College, Matara receives the prestigious Award from the late Mrs Malini Bodinagoda, wife of then ANCL Chairman Ranapala Bodinagoda. Looking on at centre is the late compere Laddie Hettiarachchi Former top award winner and the highest scorer for Sri Lanka in the recent veterans World Cup final, Sanath Jayasuriya will be the chief guest at the 42nd Observer School Cricketers of the Year awards show to be held at the BMICH, Colombo 7 on April 20 commencing at 5.30 p.m. ...

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Kandy joins 1996 World Cup victory silver jubilee celebrations Source:Dailynews The Central Proivnece Cricket Assocation and Kandy District Cricket Association celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Sri Lanka’s 96 World Cup victory. The 1996 Wills Cricket World Cup, was the sixth cricket World Cup, organised by the International Cricket Council. It was the second World Cup to be hosted by Pakistan and India, and for the first time by Sri Lanka. The final was played on 17 March 1996, between former World Champions Australia and Sri Lanka in Pakistan. Wills World Cup comprised 37 matches played in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India from February 16 to March 17. Six games were played in Sri Lanka, fourteen in Pakistan and seventeen in India. Sri Lanka, Australia, India, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Kenya, South Africa, Pakistan, New Zealand, England, UAE and the Netherlands participated. Debutant were UAE, the Netherlands and Kenya. ...

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National cricket team must be assisted to improve their performance – Jayasuriya-by Indika Welagedara Sanath Jayasuriya Source:Dailynews The Sri Lanka Legends cricket team’s recent performance in the Road Safety World Series cricket tournament was excellent, as they went down to a superior Indian legends team led by Sachin Tendulkar by 14 runs in the recently concluded finals at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur, India. On their arrival at the Katunayake International Airport, former Sri Lanka cricket captain Sanath Jayasuriya said; “The national cricket team must be assisted to improve their performance and it is not the intention of the Sri Lanka Legends team to put down the present national cricket team at all. Our performance in this tournament should not be viewed as an attempt to degrade the current national cricket team. As past national cricketers, if given the chance, we will surely help them out.” ...

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Sri Lanka’s cricket WC win has lessons for all of us – Premier-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa with World Cup winning team members and other officials Source:Dailynews Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said that if cricketers can build up excellent teamwork and play with more commitment like those days, then Sri Lanka could win the cricket world cup once again. He made these observations at a ceremony held to mark the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the 1996 Cricket World Cup triumph and to felicitate the players at Temple Trees. ...

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Dialog powers Sri Lanka Legends Team Sri Lanka Legends Skipper T. M. Dilshan (right) with Man-of-the-Match Upul Tharanga after the Bangladesh Legends match. Source:Dailynews Dialog Axiata PLC has come forward to power the Sri Lanka Legends Cricket Team, which at present, is competing for top honours at the T20 Road Safety World Series Cricket Tournament in Raipur, India. The Sri Lanka Legends Team is skippered by former Sri Lanka all-rounder T. M. Dilshan, while Sanath Jayasuriya, Rangana Herath, Upul Tharanga, Favreez Maharoof, Ajantha Mendis, Chamara Silva, Kaushalya Weerarathne, Nuwan Kulasekera, and Russel Arnold make up the squad. ...

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