Chief cricket selector reviews two years at the helm

PICKING the Sri Lanka ODI and T20I squads for the tour to Pakistan next month was the final task of the four-member cricket selection committee headed by Upul Tharanga whose two-year term will come to an end in December.

- By Sa’ADI THAWFEEQ

After Pakistan, Sri Lanka don’t have any international fixtures till January when Pakistan is due for an ODI and T20I series followed by England for a similar series and then the ICC T20 World Cup in FebruaryMarch. The teams for these matches will be selected by a new selection committee or by the same committee if they are retained.

Looking back on the two years they have been serving as national selectors, Tharanga said, “I won’t say that we were 100% in our selections but it was a mixed performance. I think we have built a foundation by giving players opportunities and a stable team.”