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SLC brands Mahela Jayawardena a rival unable to
‘cool-off’ in retirement:
Former cricket captain Mahela Jayawardena will
have a new battle on his hands fighting off a backlash from Sri
Lanka Cricket which is to pass a rule forbidding players who retire
and then almost instantly pursue a new target that their onetime
employer sees as selling secrets of former team-mates to rivals for
money.
Sri Lanka coach Graham Ford insisted that the
on-going T20 tournament, the Asia Cup, and the impending T20 World
Cup should be the start of a process that he wants to put in place
to develop the future of Sri Lanka cricket to be on top for a long
period of time rather than seek a quick fix.
Last year’s winner of the Observer-Mobitel Most
Popular Schoolboy Cricketer Of the Year contest Lakshina Rodrigo
from St. Peter’s College took the lead polling 863 votes while
Ramesh Nimantha of St. Servatius College Matara,
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