Gurusinha Willing To Join Sri Lankan Team

13 December 1996


One of Sri Lanka's foremost batsmen, Asanka Gurusinha, currently in Australia representing North Melbourne club, said he is willing to join the national team in New Zealand in the last week of February, if selected.

Gurusinha said he has always put his country before self and will offer his services for Sri Lanka team. The 30-year-old lefthander was one of the key figures in his country winning the World Cup, being the second highest run-getter for his side after Aravinda de Silva, with 307 runs and three fifties for an average of 51.16.

He was dropped from the Singer Champions trophy tournament in Sharjah after two matches and has been asked by the Cricket Board to return home six weeks before the Sri Lanka team embarks on its March tour to New Zealand.


Source: The Daily News

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Date-stamped : 25 Feb1998 - 18:28