Sri Lanka players want England tour rescheduled
Sri Lanka's cricketers want next year's hastily arranged Test tour of England to be rescheduled as the dates clash with the lucrative Indian Premier League, sources close to the team said Thursday.
"The players met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse and urged him to get the tour postponed or played after the IPL," one source told AFP.
"The president was very sympathetic towards the players and agreed to look into their request."
The tour, arranged earlier this month after England suspended bilateral cricket relations with Zimbabwe, includes two Tests, three one-dayers and four warm-up games and runs from April 21 to May 30.
The IPL, which features at least 13 top Sri Lankans including captain Mahela Jayawardene and star spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, is due to be played between April 10 and May 25.
However, one of the problems the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) would face in re-scheduling Sri Lanka's tour is that the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup, which England are hosting, is due to start on June 5.
That leaves little room in the English calendar for altering the dates of Sri Lanka's visit especially as England face Australia in a showpiece Ashes later in their season.
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"The players met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse and urged him to get the tour postponed or played after the IPL," one source told AFP.
"The president was very sympathetic towards the players and agreed to look into their request."
The tour, arranged earlier this month after England suspended bilateral cricket relations with Zimbabwe, includes two Tests, three one-dayers and four warm-up games and runs from April 21 to May 30.
The IPL, which features at least 13 top Sri Lankans including captain Mahela Jayawardene and star spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, is due to be played between April 10 and May 25.
However, one of the problems the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) would face in re-scheduling Sri Lanka's tour is that the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup, which England are hosting, is due to start on June 5.
That leaves little room in the English calendar for altering the dates of Sri Lanka's visit especially as England face Australia in a showpiece Ashes later in their season.
Read more,
http://thatscricket.oneindia.in/news/2008/07/10/sri-lanka-players-want-england-tour-rescheduled.html
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