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Sri Lanka rope in Julian Wood to fix power-hitting blues
The Island
|August 07, 2025
Sri Lanka have turned to English power-hitting guru Julian Wood in a desperate bid to crank up the firepower in their T20 arsenal ahead of the Asia Cup, as concerns grow over their lack of muscle in the shortest format.
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Currently ranked seventh in T20 Internationals — their lowest across formats — the former world champions were exposed badly in a recent home series defeat to Bangladesh, where the batting unit failed in successive games to suffer a series defeat.
With modern-day T20 cricket demanding batters who can consistently strike at over 130, Sri Lanka’s think tank has acknowledged a pressing need to blood at least three reliable big hitters, a luxury most top-tier nations now take for granted.
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