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Selectors to get partial extension
By S.R. Pathiravithana
The four incumbent national cricket selectors – Lalith Kaluperuma (Chairman), Don Anurasiri, Shabir Asgerally and K.M. Nelson will be granted a partial extension enabling them select the Sri Lanka One-Day contingent to England.

This was revealed by the President of Sri Lanka Cricket Jayantha Dharmadasa.
The official appointments of the four selectors were to end on 30th April, but according to the SLC president he is scheduled to make a request to the Minister of Sports Jeewan Kumaratunge to give sufficient time to do the ODI selection for the tour of England which is in progress now.

Jayantha Dharmadasa also revealed in spite of the tenure of the selectors scheduled to terminate at the end of this month, he still has not received an invitation from the Minister of Sports to forward an alternate set of names to replace the incumbent lot.

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