Kumar Sangakkara urges Sri Lankan selectors to prioritise Test cricket
Updated On: 17 December, 2015 10:10 AM IST | ANI
Former Sri Lankan batting great Kumar Sangakkara has called on his country's cricket selectors to focus on Test format and observed that it would require more than a year to strengthen the inexperienced line-up
Kumar Sangakkara
Sydney: Former Sri Lankan batting great Kumar Sangakkara has called on his country's cricket selectors to focus on Test format and observed that it would require more than a year to strengthen the inexperienced line-up.
Kumar Sangakkara. Pic/AFP
The 38-year-old, who called curtains on his glorious Test career after playing 134 Tests, suggested that the inclusion of top-order batsman Lahiru Thirimanne would have benefitted the young Sri Lankan squad against New Zealand in the ongoing two-match series.
New Zealand took an unassailable 1-0 in the series after comprehensively defeating Sri Lanka by 122 runs in Dunedin.
The batting stalwart further said that limited-overs format tend to overshadow Test cricket but insisted that focus should be primarily on the five-day format as a cricketing nation, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
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Sangakkara, who is the latest international signing for the Hurricanes Big Bash League franchise, also expressed that he was hoping to see some consistent selection along with a solid performance from the team.
The second Test will start on Friday in Hamilton.
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