I will at most remain captain for a year - Mahela Jayawardene
The newly appointed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 captain, Mahela Jayawardene, has said that his second term will last no more than a year and that his goal would be to rebuild the team as well as to find and groom a future captain.
"I told the selectors that I will at the most remain the captain for a year, and we came to an agreement,” said the middle order batsman. “It's a short-term decision. We will work on grooming the team and a future captain as well,"
he added further.
A string of defeats in Tests and One Day Internationals since the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2011 prompted the Sri Lankan Sports Ministry and the board to undertake a major overhaul of the national team, as well the coaching staff. The revamp
process has seen Captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Xavier-Ford-c60657.
"I took up the captaincy once again, for one year. Our target is to win matches, to regain our place as one of the top four Test-playing nations," said Jayawardene during a media encounter in Colombo. "We have failed as a team in
the past but we have to look past that and move forward,” the right-handed middle order batsman insisted.
The upcoming tri-nation Commonwealth Bank series in Australia, featuring the hosts and India, will be Jayawardene and Ford’s first assignment. Jayawardene wants his team to take the positives from the recently concluded tour of
South Africa and focus on winning games.
“We face India and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 next month. We need to take the positives from South Africa and focus on winning matches again," Jayawardene added further.
This is going to be Jayawardene’s second term as captain of the team. He first captained the team from 2004 till 2009, and stepped down on the grounds that his successor should have ample time to build a team ahead of the 2011 World
Cup.
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Dilshan took over from Sangakkara and failed to win a single series during his nine month tenure and stepped down from the captaincy role following the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 tour.
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