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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2016 SPORTS S Lanka to probe alleged drinking, squabbling on NZ tour COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s demoralised cricket ended tour. “There was scandalous behav- Tests 0-2 and the one-day series 1-3 to the also focus on finding a long-term coach Lanka head coach in the past five years. team faces an investigation into alleged iour,” the minister told AFP. “They have not hosts. “When they return, I want to call the after Marvan Atapattu quit weeks before his The 45-year-old took over the team in “scandalous behaviour” during its dismal only attended drinking parties till three and team and along with Thilanga contract was due to expire in September September 2014 after Englishman Paul tour of New Zealand, including drinking four in the morning, but there was a lot of (Sumathipala, new Sri Lanka Cricket presi- last year. Sri Lanka appointed Jerome Farbrace abruptly quit months earlier to parties and squabbling, the sports minister tension and friction among members.” Sri dent) try to find out what happened,” the Jayaratne as interim coach, initially for the become England’s deputy coach. Since said yesterday. Lanka went to New Zealand as defending minister said. “My main concern is the home series against the West Indies and 2010, Trevor Bayliss, Stuart Law, Rumesh Dayasiri Jayasekera said he had been champions of the shortest form of the breakdown in discipline. When that is then for the New Zealand tour. Jayaratne, Ratnayake, Geoff Marsh and Graham Ford handed photos of national players attend- game, but slipped to third position this affected, the team naturally performs bad- 49, had been head of coaching at Sri Lanka have also held stints as Sri Lanka coach.
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