Mahela Jayawardene quits T20 captaincy – Cricket News Roundup – Part II – October 8, 2012
Veteran batsman Mahela Jayawardene stepped down as Sri Lanka’s T20 skipper shortly after his side’s 36-run defeat to West Indies in the World T20 final, at Colombo on Sunday.
This was Sri Lanka’s fourth defeat in a World Cup final, second in World T20, and the luckless Jayawardene was part of all the four squads that lost the World Cup finals to Australia, Pakistan, India and this time to the resurgent Caribbean unit. Jayawardene announced his decision to quit T20 captaincy, however, he will continue leading the ODI and Test sides, and will assess his future after the tour of Australia later this year.
“I was going to step down from T20 captaincy after this World Cup. I personally feel that for Sri Lanka, going forward, we need a younger leader,” said Jayawardene at the post-match press conference on Sunday. “I’ll remain captain in the Tests and ODIs till the Australia series in December and then take a call on my future as captain,” he added further.
Swashbuckling Indian opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 daredevils in the latest edition of the Champions League T20, which gets underway in South Africa, on October 9.
The Delhi http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Harold-King-c63858 nation in a couple of days.
“There is no problem with Sehwag’s MRI...He is fit enough to with the team. He will leave for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 in a couple of days,” a source told Mail Today on Monday.
Jayawardene has been named as the captain of the International Cricket Council’s T20 team of the tournament, named by an http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 panel on Monday.
The five member panel picked up three Sri Lankans and two players each from West Indies and Australia’s World T20 squads, which participated in the latest edition of the marquee tournament. India, Pakistan and New Zealand have all got one representation, while South Africa are the only major cricketing nation without a representative in the side.
Team: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758)
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