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The Sri Lankan media has pointed its cannons towards the overseas coach, Geoff Marsh, in the wake of the national team’s dismal show against Pakistan during the recently-concluded Test and ODI series, held at the neutral venues of UAE.
The Lankan http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 and Australia series.
The local media has shifted the whole responsibility of the failures on the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simon-James-Marshall-c90362 for not showing enough interest in the team’s affairs and not boosting up the morals
of the players during the matches, as his attention was merely focused on the parallel Australia-South Africa Test series, which his son, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SE-Marsh-c2470, was playing in.
The Daily News reported, “Team sources said Marsh was not concerned to boost the morale of the team when Sri Lankan batsmen were returning to the dressing room in quick succession as wickets tumbled at regular intervals. Instead he has been fully focussed
on the first Test in Cape Town where Australia was shot out for 47.”
Some other newspapers and broadcast channels have published similar reports which clearly state that the coach is not taking his job seriously as his only aim is to promote his son who has recently recieved a baggy green.
However, Sri Lanka’s sports ministry has probed into the affair and found that miscommunication inside the team and with the management was the main cause of their collapse.
A press release by the ministry revealed, “It was revealed that the main reason as to why the national cricket team failed to perform overseas was due to the miscommunication between the team, the selectors and the coaches.”
On the other hand, there are also some circles who firmly believe that the Lions have lost due to the weak leadership of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2011.
Sri Lanka’s next task is the 3-Test and 5-ODI series in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, starting from December 15.
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