Sri Lanka’s 40-year-old all rounder Sanath Jayasuriya earned the name of the pinch hitter at the 1996 World Cup. He was unaware until this scribe told him that his world record of most sixes in career was broken by Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi on Monday.
Speaking from Worcester where he was preparing to play the Day / Night Twenty20 match for the English county, he said, “Oh, is it so ? I am happy to learn that my record is being broken in my own country”. In his 20 year of ODI career, Sanath Jayasuriya hit 270 sixes in 444 matches.
Afridi, playing his 296th ODI (148 matches less than SJ) against Bangladesh in Dambulla (Asia Cup) has two sixes more to his credit. “It is up to the individual’s skill and I have no regrets on this,” he further added. In January 2009, during the first ODI against India, he became the second man to cross 13,000 ODI runs.
In February, Jayasuriya became the MP for his home town Matara standing for the United People’s Freedom Alliance party.
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Jayasuriya, Sachin, Afridi, Lara to play in Canada Cup T20 this summer
Here's some exciting news for Canadian cricket fans !
You might be watching the likes of legendary players like Sanath Jayasuriya, Sachin Tendulkar , Brian Lara, Shahid Afridi, Graeme Smith & Mike Hussey playing alongside local cricketers and representing their respective home countries in the Canada Cup T20 this summer.
According to the tournament Canada Cup T20's Official Website, plans are underway to include 2 international players to represent each team. This provides a wonderful opportunity for those aspiring cricketers who have always dreamt of representing their home country in T20's.
In March 2008 after a very important meeting between the Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket Hon. Arjuna Ranatunga M. P. and the Canadian Cricket Association officials which in turn paved the way for much needed funding to the Canadian National Cricket Side and more importantly Canada’s biggest cricket tournament worth $2 million dollars in October, 2008. The relationship that the Canadian Cricket Association built with Sri Lanka Cricket also saw the Canadian Cricketers arrive in Colombo, Sri Lanka for a high performance coaching camp and more of these training programs will take wing in the coming years.
Venue :
The matches will be held in Toronto and King City to entertain scores of South Asians, Caribbeans and all other Canadian cricket fans in July 2010.
Star players such as Sanath Jayasuriya, Sachin Tendulkar, Shahid Afridi, Brian Lara, Graeme Smith, Mike Hussey etc are likely to take part in it.
You might be watching the likes of legendary players like Sanath Jayasuriya, Sachin Tendulkar , Brian Lara, Shahid Afridi, Graeme Smith & Mike Hussey playing alongside local cricketers and representing their respective home countries in the Canada Cup T20 this summer.
According to the tournament Canada Cup T20's Official Website, plans are underway to include 2 international players to represent each team. This provides a wonderful opportunity for those aspiring cricketers who have always dreamt of representing their home country in T20's.
In March 2008 after a very important meeting between the Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket Hon. Arjuna Ranatunga M. P. and the Canadian Cricket Association officials which in turn paved the way for much needed funding to the Canadian National Cricket Side and more importantly Canada’s biggest cricket tournament worth $2 million dollars in October, 2008. The relationship that the Canadian Cricket Association built with Sri Lanka Cricket also saw the Canadian Cricketers arrive in Colombo, Sri Lanka for a high performance coaching camp and more of these training programs will take wing in the coming years.
Venue :
The matches will be held in Toronto and King City to entertain scores of South Asians, Caribbeans and all other Canadian cricket fans in July 2010.
Star players such as Sanath Jayasuriya, Sachin Tendulkar, Shahid Afridi, Brian Lara, Graeme Smith, Mike Hussey etc are likely to take part in it.
Speaking to SAF, Romesh Malcolm, the cup organizer said - "It will be a dream come true and a lot of encouragement for our local talent to play in a team with world famous players, maybe we'll find another Rizwan Cheema in this cup," said Malcolm.
He said participation from international players still needed to be confirmed.
Teams :
Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, England, West Indies, Bangladesh and World IX.
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