IMAGE: Having performed in each World Cup since 1975, this would be the first time Sri Lanka will likely be enjoying in a qualifying spherical. {Photograph}: Joe Allison/Getty Pictures
A technical committee appointed by the minister of sports activities will likely be probing the explanations behind Sri Lanka’s failure to win computerized qualification for the ODI World Cup to be held in India later this 12 months.
Sri Lanka didn’t straight qualify for the ICC ODI World Cup following their loss to New Zealand within the third ODI at Hamilton final month.
Sports activities minister Roshan Ranasinghe final week appointed a technical committee headed by the legendary Sanath Jayasuriya. It includes three different former nationwide gamers.
The committee had its first public look on Tuesday.
“We are going to ask the teaching administration the explanations for not profitable the automated qualification,” Jayasuriya, a key participant in Sri Lanka’s solely World Cup win in 1996, advised reporters.
“They need to additionally give us a brief time period plan to enhance issues. These are a gifted bunch of gamers and they need to be given the mandatory confidence.”
Sri Lanka twice finalists along with the 1996 win has performed each World Cup since 1975. This would be the first time they’d be enjoying in a qualifying spherical.
Sri Lanka’s possibilities for computerized qualification disappeared after they misplaced the three-ODI collection 0-2 to New Zealand final month.
The loss meant Sri Lanka failed to maneuver as much as the eighth spot within the ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup Tremendous 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 closing spherical. Sri Lanka will likely be combating for a slot alongside Zimbabwe and West Indies and in addition with both South Africa or Eire.
The ODI World Cup will likely be held in October-November in India this 12 months.
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