Mahela and Murali to uplift cricket
As Sri Lankans gear up for the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year, which is just a week away, an unexpected gift or an ‘Aluth Avurudu Thegga’ was delivered. Nor was it from Santa Clause, as there are eight more months for his reprisal or by any other giver. It was from two of the cricketing charactersof Sri Lanka, whom the island nation citizens love dearly and most importantly they are the living legends of international cricket. 
The gift was none other than the news of legendary cricketers Mahela Jayawardene and Muttiah Muralidaran giving their consent to join hands with the newly appointed Interim Committee to uplift the game in Sri Lanka.
True gentlemen and cricketers of highest caliber Mahela and Murali are following that great saying by the slain President of United States John F. Kennedy – ‘Think of what you can give to your country not what the country can give you’. The two served their nation with great pride and dignity and upon retirement they have stepped in to continue groom up the next generation of Sri Lanka cricketers.
These two cricketers had thrilled the cricket loving public all over the world with their highest standard of ambassadorship and their unmatched cricketing skills. Mahela, with his elegant batting displays and superb exhibitions of slip fielding and Murali with crafty spin bowling, which mesmerised the top batsmen from all over the world. A decision at the right time by the right men to serve the motherland by giving what they achieved from cricket to make the future of Sri Lanka cricket bright.
Never afraid to call a spade a spade, these two outspoken cricketers carried the responsibility of the team on their shoulders for quite some time by lending support and valuable advice to the other teammates, was a tower of strength for Lanka cricket. Their dedication and sacrifice that they made to the game had borne fruit by ending up at the highest position at world cricket.
The advices of these super cricketers will be invaluable and will carry a long way to up and coming cricketers who will represent the country in the near future. Their planning will be an asset for the development of the game which had nosed dived in the past years. These legendary cricketers gained everything by playing cricket for their motherland and millions of countrymen will raise their hats in appreciation for the decision to come forward in helping the game.
It is the quality of faithful citizens to give what they achieved from the country to give them back to the country. Cricketers who faced many obstacles home and abroad at the hands of the administrators and their courage and guts were visibly exhibited openly by carrying on regardless reaching their goals and bring honour to the country.
These two cricketers are having a vision in starting from the rootlevel and bring young cricketers to the highest levels. Time had come for these cricketing prodigies to submit and implement their plans independently and to see their dream of Sri Lanka becoming the world beaters in the sport.
Every Sri Lankan lover of the game is sure that these noble sons of the motherland would deliver the goods that will raise eyebrows of the earlier cool-room cricket pundits.