The committee which was named final week contains three different former nationwide gamers. Sri Lanka twice finalists along with the 1996 win has performed each World Cup since 1975. This would be the first time they are going to be enjoying in a qualifying spherical.
Sri Lanka didn’t instantly qualify for the ICC ODI World Cup after their defeat to New Zealand within the third ODI at Hamilton final month.
“We will ask the coaching management the reasons for not winning the automatic qualification,” Jayasuriya, a key participant in Sri Lanka’s solely World Cup win in 1996, instructed reporters after the committee’s first public look on Tuesday.
“They must also give us a short term plan to improve things. These are a talented bunch of players and they should be given the necessary confidence.”
Sri Lanka’s possibilities for computerized qualification disappeared after they misplaced the three-ODI sequence 0-2 to New Zealand final month.
The loss meant Sri Lanka failed to maneuver as much as the eighth spot within the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League desk. Seven groups have already secured their spots within the event.
Sri Lanka will now play within the qualifying event in Zimbabwe between June 18 and July 9.
There are solely two locations for the qualifying groups within the last spherical. Sri Lanka shall be preventing for a slot alongside Zimbabwe and West Indies and in addition with both South Africa or Ireland.
The ODI World Cup shall be held in October-November in India this yr.
(With PTI inputs)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com