Inexperienced Lankans in reality check as to where they sit – By Trevine Rodrigo in Melbourne Dasun Shanaka will probably be all at sea as he leads a young and inexperienced Sri Lanka squad to Australia in what will be a fact finding mission as to where the island nation sits in the world game. The Sri Lankans have had limited success in the past few years against all opposition but a urgent restructure of the coaching and administrative staff has seen a marginal improvement. Under a Sports Minister in Namal Rajapaksa, who has a sporting background himself, and political clout, the commitment has been upped to a level where there’s definite signs of the former World Cup and T20 champions returning to an acceptable threat to the top rungers of cricket. How they execute their plans in a three game series against Australia will be compelling ...
Feb 5, 2022
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Tagged Dasun Shanaka, Mickey Arthur, Namal Rajapaksa, Rumesh Ratnayake, Sri Lanka Cricket, T20 World Cup, World Cup and T20 champions