Dilshan quits as Sri Lankan captain

According to cricinfo Tillakaratne Dilshan has resigned the Sri Lankan captaincy. Mahela Jayawardene has been appointed captain of the ODI squad to play in the tri-series in Australia in Febuary, with Angelo Matthews as vice captain.

Sri Lanka squad: Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Angelo Mathews (vice-capt), Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Lahiru Thirimanne, Thisara Perera, Farveez Maharoof, Rangana Herath, Sachithra Senanayake, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekera, Chanaka Welegedara, Dhammika Prasad

Forgot to add, "as predicted by Cricketfan90"

no he was pushed as was marsh, so jaywardene could take over.

Yeah given it was reproted last week that Jaywardne was taking over this doenst come as much of a shiock, Id also assumed thats why Jawardene had been dropped for the last test ...theres a lot of politics and probably a bit of upset going on here.

Peter Seabiscuit Wheeler wrote:Yeah given it was reproted last week that Jaywardne was taking over this doenst come as much of a shiock, Id also assumed thats why Jawardene had been dropped for the last test ...theres a lot of politics and probably a bit of upset going on here.

you mean odi?

Not a very good captain anyway, and he is right to concentrate on his batting.

to sack a coach 4 months into a 2 year contract is absouelty ridiclous.. however not suprised dilshan was stripped of captaincy, he was an awful captain.

Dilshan was poor as captain. I'm surprised Jayawardene wants to take it on again, given his own recent poor form, and the high turnover rate/amount of politics involved but I guess he feels that it might lead to an upturn in his form and knows that he is the right man for the job. Of course, we don't yet know whether this is a permanent appointment or not.

im not suprised Mahela wants it back, i think he just needed a break in the first place..he was a very good player and is well respected, him and sanga as skipper and vice were good

however where does this leave Matthews? he was vice to dilshan and didnt get it....

cricketfan90 wrote:...

however where does this leave Matthews? he was vice to dilshan and didnt get it....

He's still vice for the WSC tournament. Which implies he's OK with backing up Mahela. Perhaps he's still got "next in line" cred?

All of which is purely speculation

Back in NZ I used to work with one of Marvin Attapatu's cousins, and used to get a bit of SL team gossip. Not any more. Pity, as some of it was pretty juicy.

im sure he is still vice, however i rember now him saying that he didnt want the captaincy yet, as he is focusing on his game.

Mathews isn't ready yet - you could argue he is for one-day/T20 captaincy as a sort of apprenticeship - but certainly isn't Test captaincy material yet.

He's a good player whose performed well on quite a few occasions but I don't think it's really clear yet whether he is:

- A top order batsman and part-time bowler
- A middle-order batsman and semi-regular bowler
- A genuine all-rounder who goes in and gives it a tonk

There also remains the question over his poor injury record

how is it poor?

he had one bad injury...

he is a genuine all-rounder, however he needs to recover fullly from his injury!

cricketfan90 wrote:

Peter Seabiscuit Wheeler wrote:Yeah given it was reproted last week that Jaywardne was taking over this doenst come as much of a shiock, Id also assumed thats why Jawardene had been dropped for the last test ...theres a lot of politics and probably a bit of upset going on here.

you mean odi?

Pedant :P


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