Former Sri Lanka international Chaminda Mendis is likely to be included into the new selection committee headed by Asantha De Mel, Cricket Age reliably learns.
According to sources, afte the upcoming New Zealand tour, Graeme Labrooy will be replaced as chief selector, however his fellow selector Gamini Wickramsinghe will continue in the new selection committee.
Apart from De Mel, Chaminda Mendis and Gamini Wickramsinghe, Sri Lanka Coach Chandika Hathurusingha Will also be there as one of the selector, as it has become a pattern since the arrival of high profile coach. The name of the fifth selector has not been decided as yet.
Chaminda Mendis was one thatf the stalwart of first class cricket in Sri Lanka. However, due to the presence of batting greats like Arjuna Ranatunga, Aravinda De Silva and Roshen Mahanama, he could only play a single ODI for Sri Lanka.
Labrooy tenure, meanwhile, has already been termed as the worst in Sri Lanka cricket history. He will be remembered as a clueless, biased, incompetent, arrogant chief selector, who always selected players on outside influence.
In his two tenures collectively, Labrooy could not unearth a single future player for Sri Lanka cricket. Instead, he mysteriously continued to pick ‘forgotten’ players like Jeevan Mendis, Chaturanga De Silva, Sachith Pathirana from nowhere, completely on the influence of certain parties. In between, he tried his best to ruin the career of Sri Lanka’s most iconic player Lasith Malinga on the behalf of a former Sports Minister.
Moreover, he has proved again and again that he doesn’t care about Sri Lanka Cricket and prefers his ICC match referee responsibility over anything. For last one and half year, he has only been a ‘rubber stamp’ for those, who wants to bring their favourites into the national team.
Sri Lanka performance under Graeme Labrooy selection (15 Sep 2017)
Matches – 51
Won – 15
Lost – 31
Draw – 4
NR – 1
T20I – 14
Won – 4
Lost – 10
ODI – 25
Won – 7
Lost – 17
NR – 1
Test – 12
Won – 4
Lost – 4
Draw – 4
*SL Test squad v Pak 2017 selected by sanath
