Sanath blasts Kiwi apathy
The resting of the Kiwi stalwarts – their regular skipper Brendon McCallum and former captain Ross Taylor — have not gone down well with the Lankan camp. The most disappointed out of all is Selection Committee Chief Sanath Jayasuriya.
Last week the New Zealand selectors announced a Kiwi team which will be captained by fast bowler Kyle Mills who has never led the Kiwi national team before. The appointed captain for the tour Kane Williamson had to fly back home from Bangladesh with a broken thumb late this week. Taylor and McCallum are being rested with a view to take on the West Indian team at home where the two teams will be engaged in Three Tests, five ODIs and a T-20.
Fast bowler Kyle Mills will lead the Kiwis while regular sipper Brendon McCallum stays at home getting ready for the West Indies inbound series next month. - AFP
The disappointed Lankan chairman of selectors said, “The Future Tours Programme is always there, but they also should know that they are playing against a Sri Lanka team which is on top of their game, where the shorter version is concerned. In fact, we are the runners-up of the World Cup and the Runners-up of the T-20 World Championships. Besides we have chosen the best available combination to take them on. Then if the series peters out to be a one-sided affair the loser is going to be the game of cricket. A team can think of their young blood and future plans once a series is in their pockets, but, this situation is disappointing. International teams should always be serious about their commitments.”
The full strength New Zealand outfit lost their last ODI series to Bangladesh this week.
In another development the Sri Lanka Cricket’s has invited the hierarchy of the International Cricket Council to move their headquarters to Sri Lanka.
The ICC, which initially had its headquarters in London, moved out from there owing to tax problems and is now on the lookout for another location to move out from its present abode in Dubai.
At present the ICC is finding it difficult to conduct its regular meetings at its headquarters and is being forced to conduct them at different locations. As a result the Indian and the English cricket authorities have suggested that the Headquarters be moved to Hong Kong.
However, Bangladesh’s Mustafa Kamal – a vice president of the ICC who is taking a leading role in shifting of locations — has suggested that the headquarters be moved to Singapore instead.
At this juncture the some of the member organisations have suggested that it would be prudent if the cricket headquarters was located in a full member country. At the same time the Sri Lankan delegation also has suggested that if the problem is taxation, the Lankan Cricket authorities could have a discussion with government authorities and reach a compromise.
The last ICC meeting was held in Dubai in 2012 April.
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