May 31, 2008	Saturday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 25, 1429

COLOMBO, May 30: Picking up the dashing opening batsman Sanath Jayasuriya for the forthcoming Asian Cup tournament in Pakistan, Sri Lanka’s national selectors indicated that the aging left-hander could well play for the national team till the next World Cup, local media reports.

Head of Sri Lanka’s selection committee Ashantha de Mel said on Thursday that they were “forced to re-consider the selection policy after Jayasuriya hammered the second fastest century in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty-20 tournament”. “In fact, Jayasuriya was able to force himself back into the national team by scoring a brilliant unbeaten century for the Mumbai Indians. Jayasuriya will definitely be playing in the next World Cup as long as the veteran left hander maintains his fitness and form in the important games,” state-run Daily News quoted De Mel as saying.— Agencies