Jayasekara to continue as the manager

The Interim Committee of the board of Control for cricket in Sri Lanka, confirmed today that Ajith Jayasekara will continue as the Sri Lankan team manager.

A member of the Interim Committee, Michael Tissera, speaking to CricInfo this morning said, that Jayasekara's contract has been renewed until the end of the Indian tour.

Jayasekara, who played for Air Force Sports Club, replaced Neil Perera last year, his first assignment being Sri Lanka's tour of South Africa in December 2000, where the team played three Test Matches and six One-Day Internationals.

The local media had reported today that Jayasekara has been replaced by Michael Tissera. Tissera, however, who captained Sri Lanka in the inaugural World Cup in 1975 in England, denied this.