da leao： Sanath Jayasuriya will discuss his future as Sri Lanka captain withselectors once he returns from South Africa
da esport bet： Charlie Austin20-Mar-2003Sanath Jayasuriya will discuss his future as Sri Lanka captain withselectors once he returns from South Africa.The Sri Lanka team is due back in Colombo on Friday morning having losttheir semi-final clash to Australia by 48 runs on Wednesday.The three-man selection panel will then sit down over the weekend withJayasuriya, asking him whether he wants to step down after fouryears in charge.”We will ask Sanath (Jayasuriya) whether he wants to carry on, or whether hewould prefer to concentrate on his batting,” said Guy de Alwis, the chairmanof the selectors.Despite speculation over a change at the helm, Jayasuriya is unlikely tosuffer the same fate as Pakistan’s Waqar Younis and South Africa’s ShaunPollock, both of whom have already been axed.However, the 33-year-old may believe the time has come to hand over thereins to his vice-captain Marvan Atapattu.Jayasuriya took over the leadership from Arjuna Ranatunga immediately afterthe 1999 World Cup in England.Once the captaincy issue has been resolved then the selectors will finalisetheir squad for the Sharjah Cup starting April 1.Local newspapers had claimed that wicket-keeping discard RomeshKaluwitharana and middle order batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan had already beenrecalled but this has been dismissed by the chairman of selectors.”This is pure speculation,” said de Alwis. “We cannot pick the side untilthe team management returns from South Africa.”
