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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Jerome Jayaratne has been appointed team manager, but there is no news yet as to the selection panel's composition https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/290500/290555.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1249445.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1249445.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/ashantha-de-mel-steps-down-as-sri-lankas-chief-selector-1249445 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka chief selector Ashantha de Mel put a positive spin on the side's World Cup campaign as they returned home https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/291000/291058.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1193474.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1193474.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1193474 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ashantha de Mel, the team manager, has written to the governing body, but says he hasn't received a reply yet https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/290600/290674.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1188759.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1188759.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1188759 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ashantha de Mel was appointed as team manager and selector-on-tour for the World Cup and had clashed earlier with the coach over selection choices https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/271700/271732.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1182993.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1182993.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1182993 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The committee, which has been formed just six months from the World Cup, also includes Brendon Kuruppu, Hemantha Wickramaratne and Chaminda Mendis https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/259100/259156.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1166715.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1166715.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1166715 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka chief selector Ashantha de Mel has said that the national selection committee may streamline the selection of teams, and have a separate squad for Twenty20s https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/149900/149947.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/586717.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/586717.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-586717 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ashantha de Mel, the former Sri Lanka fast bowler, has been named the chairman of the country's new selection panel, which replaced the one headed by Duleep Mendis https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/133300/133380.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/550120.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/550120.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-550120 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Former Sri Lankan captain Aravinda de Silva has been named chairman of a new four-member national selection committee by sports minister https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/110700/110747.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/461003.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/461003.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-461003 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sanath Jayasuriya has been told by Sri Lanka's selectors that his performances on the tour of India will be close evaluated with an eye on the 2011 World Cup https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/107900/107965.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/indvsl2009/content/story/432116.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/indvsl2009/content/story/432116.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-432116 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ashantha de Mel, Sri Lanka's chief selector, has said that the poor fielding has let the team down in the ODI series against India https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/slvind2009/content/story/389191.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvind2009/content/story/389191.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-389191 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Marvan Atapattu, the former Sri Lanka captain, is unlikely to make the team for the tour of Australia after refusing to attend a meeting with the selectors https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/313452.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/313452.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-313452 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ashantha de Mel, Sri Lanka's chairman of selectors, has backed the Indian Cricket League, urging Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), which has hitherto threatened players with bans if they participate in the ICL, to soften its stance https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/icl/content/story/309190.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icl/content/story/309190.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-309190 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Sri Lankan sports minister, Gamini Lokuge, reshuffled the national selection committee on Tuesday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/304603.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/304603.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-304603 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Former captain Marvan Atapattu is set to make a comeback to Test cricket after a long lay off https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/slvbdesh/content/story/297145.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvbdesh/content/story/297145.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-297145 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Marvan Atapattu is likely to play his first Test in 18 months when Bangladesh visits https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/296758.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/296758.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-296758 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The row between the sports ministry and the Sri Lankan cricket board continues https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/296476.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/296476.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-296476 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka's senior cricket officials were at odds Friday over the national team's participation in a recent one-day series against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/295766.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/295766.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-295766 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka Cricket will have a full time paid selector serving in the national selection panel after the 2007 World Cup https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/291988.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/291988.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-291988 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mahela Jayawardene will continue to lead Sri Lanka till the end of next year's World Cup in West Indies https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/267028.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/267028.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-267028 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka's chairman of selectors, Asantha de Mel, is set to take control of selection issues when he arrives in England for the one-day series later this month, a move that is sure to increase the pressure on the coach, Tom Moody https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/engvsl/content/story/249028.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/engvsl/content/story/249028.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-249028 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sanath Jayasuriya has been recalled to the Sri Lankan Test after reversing his decision to retire https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/engvsl/content/story/246682.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/engvsl/content/story/246682.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-246682 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Tom Moody, Sri Lanka's coach, has officially complained to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) after being publicly criticised by Ashantha de Mel, the new chairman of selectors https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/engvsl/content/story/246581.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/engvsl/content/story/246581.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-246581 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ashantha de Mel, the newly appointed Sri Lankan chairman of national selectors, has alleged that Sanath Jayasuriya was forced to retire from Test cricket https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/246407.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/246407.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-246407 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ashantha de Mel, the former Sri Lanka fast bowler, has been appointed chairman of the national selection committee https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/246325.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/246325.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-246325 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Thilanga Sumathipala has reportedly acted as a mediator and brokered a truce between Marvan Atapattu and Asantha de Mel, Sri Lanka's controversial selection chief https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/141476.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/141476.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-141476 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ashantha de Mel has criticised two of his fellow selectors, claiming that they were serving "vested interests" and "promoting their own agendas" https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/208941.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/208941.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-208941 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ashantha de Mel has been retained as Sri Lanka's chairman of selectors for a second year https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/144022.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/144022.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-144022 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT At the moment, Sri Lanka are a side on the rise https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/142548.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/142548.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-142548 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Marvan Atapattu has admitted that the critical comments made by Ashantha de Mel, Sri Lanka¹s selection chief, spurred his team on during their Paktel Cup final victory against Pakistan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/142544.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/142544.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-142544 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka Cricket announced on Friday that Asantha de Mel, a former fast bowler and selector, would head a new, bloated seven-man selection panel during the coming year https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/141125.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/141125.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-141125 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT