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Ashantha de Mel steps down as Sri Lanka's chief selector

Jerome Jayaratne has been appointed team manager, but there is no news yet as to the selection panel's composition

28-Jan-2021•Andrew Fidel Fernando

'Winning three out of seven is almost 50%' - Sri Lanka chief selector on World Cup campaign

Sri Lanka chief selector Ashantha de Mel put a positive spin on the side's World Cup campaign as they returned home

08-Jul-2019•Madushka Balasuriya

'Very unfair' - Sri Lanka complain to ICC about less-than-ideal pitches, training facilities

Ashantha de Mel, the team manager, has written to the governing body, but says he hasn't received a reply yet

14-Jun-2019•ESPNcricinfo staff

Hathurusingha, de Mel 'thrash things out' to work together for World Cup

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

02-May-2019•Madushka Balasuriya

Ashantha de Mel to head Sri Lanka's new selection panel

The committee, which has been formed just six months from the World Cup, also includes Brendon Kuruppu, Hemantha Wickramaratne and Chaminda Mendis

25-Nov-2018•Madushka Balasuriya

Sri Lanka selectors ponder separate Twenty20 team

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

15-Oct-2012•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

SL has new selection panel, more changes likely

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

19-Jan-2012•ESPNcricinfo staff

Aravinda de Silva takes over as chief selector

Former Sri Lankan captain Aravinda de Silva has been named chairman of a new four-member national selection committee by sports minister

26-May-2010•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Jayasuriya's future under scrutiny

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

29-Oct-2009•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

de Mel slams Sri Lanka's fielding, running

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

04-Feb-2009•Cricinfo staff

Atapattu unlikely for Australia tour

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

03-Oct-2007•Cricinfo staff

Sri Lanka's chairman of selectors backs ICL

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

01-Sep-2007•Cricinfo staff

Sri Lanka selection panel reshuffled

The Sri Lankan sports minister, Gamini Lokuge, reshuffled the national selection committee on Tuesday

31-Jul-2007•Cricinfo staff

Atapattu set for Test comeback

Former captain Marvan Atapattu is set to make a comeback to Test cricket after a long lay off

06-Jun-2007•Cricinfo staff

Atapattu in line for recall

Marvan Atapattu is likely to play his first Test in 18 months when Bangladesh visits

03-Jun-2007•Cricinfo staff

Sports minister asserts his powers

The row between the sports ministry and the Sri Lankan cricket board continues

31-May-2007•Cricinfo staff

Sri Lankan officials at odds over Abu Dhabi series

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

25-May-2007

Sri Lanka to have full-time paid selector

Sri Lanka Cricket will have a full time paid selector serving in the national selection panel after the 2007 World Cup

23-Apr-2007•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Jayawardene named World Cup captain

Mahela Jayawardene will continue to lead Sri Lanka till the end of next year's World Cup in West Indies

06-Nov-2006•Cricinfo staff

de Mel set to take over tour selection

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

01-Jun-2006•Cricinfo staff

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