Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews to lead them into the 2019 World Cup

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Sri Lanka’s captain Angelo Mathews. (Photo by LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty Images)

Most teams in international cricket today are in the rebuilding phase. Those termed legends are all retired cricketers now and the hunt for the next generation of cricketers is on. While most have found players who can lead their cricket for the next decade one team that has really struggled through this period of transition is Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has now announced the decision to keep the captaincy responsibilities with the current skipper Angelo Mathews until the World Cup 2019 in England. Thilanga Sumathipala president of the SLC said, “Mathews too, must understand this responsibility and should work to rebuild the team. We hope that the South African pitches for the T20I and ODI series will be more familiar to our players.”

He admitted that the team lacks the skills to tackle quality pace attack and that they certainly need to find a solution to the particular problem. “The truth is that we were not capable of facing the pace and bounce. We have to find a solution to this. We are quite satisfied with coach Graham Ford’s service. Instead of pointing fingers at people, we have to re-unite to get the team on a winning path,” he added.

In their attempt to revamp the cricket SLC had appointed legend Sanath Jayasuriya as the Chairman of the selection committee and the committee has brought up a few new faces who have shown a lot of promise and if nurtured well will be in a position to serve the national team for years to come.

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Jayasuriya feels it isn’t Mathews’ fault that the team has not been able to hold up against tough opponents in conditions that don’t favour their style of play. “This is not a time to blame and destroy Mathews’ captaincy. This is a time when we have to strengthen Mathews. As a former captain I know how these allegations can badly affect Mathews’ morale, especially during a series. We have to support Mathews, correct our faults and face the T20I and ODI series’ with confidence,” he said.

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