Sri Lanka are reported to have sacked their team manager, ChandraSchaffter, following a disagreement with the chairman of selectors, Guy de Alwis.

Schaffter, 72, will be replaced by Air Commodore Ajith Jayasekera, a former manager and his immediate predecessor, after the conclusion of the one-day triangular series next month.

Anura Tennekoon, chief executive of the Sri Lankan cricket board, broke the news to Shaffter during a telephone conversation before the start of the third day's play at Old Trafford.

It is claimed that the decision to end his contract followed a complaint from de Alwis, that he had been denied entry to the dressing room during the second Test at Edgbaston.

But Shaffter vehemently denies the allegation: "Guy de Alwis never requested access to the dressing room, so how could I possibly deny it?"

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