COLOMBO, June 8: Sri Lanka’s cricket administration on Friday made a fresh attempt to dump chief selector Asantha de Mel in a row over the controversial Abu Dhabi One-day International (ODI) series.
Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge said he had received a list of 10 names of which four are to be picked for the selection panel, but de Mel was not among them.
“I did receive a list sent by the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), but Asantha de Mel’s name is not in the list,” Lokuge said.
De Mel and the SLC have been at loggerheads after Sri Lanka’s loss to Pakistan in the Abu Dhabi series.—AFP