Jayasuriya Axed For Tests Against India

[neutralguy]

Finally it looks like curtains for jayasuriya, the tormentor of india for the last 10 years from 1996 world cup. The lanka selectors have ran out of patience and had axed him for the forthcoming tests against india according to the article in indian express today by trevor chesterfield..
Looks like more countries are taking the bold decisions of dropping big players thereby proving that nobody is bigger than the game. With jayasuriya threat not looming for tests india can breathe a little bit easy .

 

[Hit4Six]

personally im a big sanath fan and its a shame to see him on his way down, i miss the days when he really was one of the most feared batsmen around.

Sanath if you ever read this: as an Indian supporter you were our nemesis. As a cricket fan, i hope you can get back to the team becaue you are a lankan legend.

 

[marc71178]

Is it actually confirmed?

 

[chaminda_00]

Sounds to me like just some stupid story to sell a paper.

 

[Natman20]

Ive only seen him play a few times in the last few years when i went to matches but he didnt get started at all.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

After a quick check through all the reputable news websites, no report of it anywhere.

 

[neutralguy]

iam giving the link to this authentic information.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=81729

By the way, this newspaper is one of the respected ones and the writer is srilanka columnist. This news will be definitely up hopefully soon in other sites.

 

[Mike Hussey]

Thats the end of him then. Anyone know of younger Sri Lankan's ready to take his pleace?

 

[chaminda_00]

Micheal Vandort, Ian Daniel and Tharanga have all been groomed in the A side to replace him and Atapattu. There is also Vithana boys that have come through the under 19s.

 

[dinu23]

must say i'm not sorry to hear this, he has been pretty ordinary this year. and there's no way he would've made it to the 2007 WC. so now 's the chance to blood a new opener, preferebly Vandort.

 

[honestbharani]

What?

 

[Craig]

Geez how long ago did Vandort last play for Sri Lanka? 3 or 4 years ago?

What has happened to him or has he become the forgotten man of Sri Lankan cricket?

 

[chaminda_00]

Technique flaws that were found out in A matches and domestic cricket after his first Test against Bangla. All reports say that he has fixed these errors in his game.

 

[honestbharani]

What about Arnold? I thought he was an opener when he first came into the Sri Lankan side.

 

[SJS]

Cant say who is really responsible for this sorry affair.

Jayasuriya was clearly not fit after his injury. He should have been rested. It is really sad that insisting on continuing with him while he was unfit and struggling with form has resulted in such a situation that he has to be treated in a manner that would have been avoided if he as wqel as Team Sri Lanka had not been so short sighted.

A tragedy that it happened like this.

 

[honestbharani]

I hear Lara is struggling with a finger injury as well in Australia. I hope the same doesn't happen to him.

 

[chaminda_00]

IMO if Vandort was in the squad then they probably woud have played him. The fact that they haven't played Thilan Samarawerra infront of him, shows they don't really rely on him as batsmen in ODIs.

On Russel Arnold i would be kind of surprised if he isn't also dropped. He did start his domestic career as a opener, but you would think that the three mentioned above would be infront of him as a option for opening the batting in Tests.

 

[Jono]

Chesterfield is a reliable source, so though I haven't seen it on any reputable website yet I think it should be true. If this is the case, wow that is huge.

I hear Lara is struggling with a finger injury as well in Australia. I hope the same doesn't happen to him.

With all due respect to Sanath, he's no Lara and never has been. I really doubt Lara would be dropped before he retired. Particularly with the rate of batting collapses in the WI in recent times. That being said, Lara isn't above the game and stranger things have happened, but I wouldn't exactly worry about that.

 

[thierry henry]

Vandort is in my WCC team. Go Vandort!

 

[dinu23]

yeah, arnold came in as an opener. but he really cant handle the swing and bounce of the new ball, especially in australia and england against good opposition..