The Squad selected has received approval froma keen watcher in Hiran Hewavisenti of LMD fame, albeit with a passing query about the absence of Kusal Janith Perera. Dhananjaya De Silva remains as Captain — thus marking an ‘era’ when two Richmondites have maintained their hands on the cricket wheel in all formats of the game [so that my old mate Dougie Goonewardena up in Valhalla will be joining Nandi Jasentuliyana (in USA now) in a hai-hoyi …..].
The Selectors have kept faith in the oldies Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal …not unreasonably. … Michael Roberts
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Kudos to the selectors for keeping the faith in both talent and class (although KJP is missing). This is a crack squad – we have the armoury to play on any surface and that is a luxury that we may never have had. A place in next year’s World Test Championship final at Lord’s is up for grabs if we can win at least one of the two tests in South Africa – and we have proved we can
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— feeling confident.
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Selection of Sadeera samarawickrama and Lalith Embuldeniya …………. is questionable. SS because he’s not proven his worth yet and LE because Prabath is doing such a good job and similar genre. Vandersay would have been a good choice as he extracts a lot of turn a…
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Hiran Hewavisenti replied
Looks like great blend of experience and youth. I’m sure they will step up to the plate. Sri Lanka seems to have found their lost rhythm.
Hiran Hewavisenti replied
Eagerly looking forward to the Tests v SA. As stated this is a versatile squad of players. We must win at least one test however we do have the wherewithal to win both matches.
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