Sri Lankan Captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Denagamage-Proboth-Mahela-de-Silva-Jayawardene-c53546 – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758’s stand-in skipper, Thilina Kandamby, has revealed that the team is delighted to see the comeback of one the of the most profound batsmen in Sri Lankan cricket, Sanath Jayasuriya, who at the age of 41, has been selected in the team for only two international matches.
Before Saturday’s Twenty20 game, the left-handed opening batsman had not played for the home side since 2009 and is now looking for a befitting farewell after playing against England in the ongoing tour.
Kandamby, who is leading the team in the absence of the newly appointed skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tillakaratne-Mudiyanselage-Dilshan-c93947, praised the effort of the veteran with the bat and ball in Sri Lanka’s only Twenty20 game against England yesterday, where he scored only eight runs off the bat, while managed to snatch two wickets after conceding 18 runs in three overs.
Talking to newsmen Kandamby said, “You can go and talk to him and he’s still fit enough to play. Today (Saturday), a few overs, a couple of wickets, he’s a very useful cricketer. He has a ton of experience, so it’s always good to have him in the side.”
Sanath is expected to officially retire after playing the first one-day international against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on June 28, 2011, at the Oval.
He has a prolific career in the history of the game, where he introduced the phenomena of hard hitting in the early overs of the game. In the 1996 world cup, he played an impeccable role in Sri Lanka’s win, where he was a destructive force in the initial overs.
Jayasuriya, however, announced his retirement from test cricket in 2007, aiming to play more one-day internationals, but due to bad form he was sidelined and with the growing number of hard hitting batsmen coming up, it was enormously difficult for the veteran to redeem his place in the national squad.
Now, however, it is believed that after political pressure, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) finally decided to give the batsman two matches before taking the final bow.
Meanwhile, after the victory in the Twenty20 game, the skipper also had words of commemoration for the explosive middle-order batsman, Mahela Jayawardene, who after a lean patch with the bat in the three-Test matches, pulled of an astounding innings of 72 runs, helping the side in taking the game away from the hosts.
“Whenever he (Jayawardene) plays positively, he’s top of the world, Today he was tremendous,” said Kandamby.
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