Thilan Samaraweera News

Sri Lanka batting coach Thilan Samaraweera said the bowlers let the team down in a match where they conceded 50-60 runs too many.

Thilan Samaraweera's appointment came a day after former West Indies great Courtney Walsh agreed a three-year term to become the specialist pace bowling coach of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)

Muttiah Muralitharan, the world's highest wicket-taker in Tests, will join the Australian cricket team as a consultant for their two-month series in Sri Lanka

Thilan Samaraweera, who played 81 Tests for Sri Lanka, has been hired by Cricket Australia as a batting consultant ahead of the team's tour to Sri Lanka in July

Sri Lanka Cricket says it was decided that the No objection Certificate issued to the players be restricted to exclude their appearance at any venue in the state of Tamil Nadu

A key figure in Sri Lanka's batting line-up for more than a decade, Samaraweera, 36, rebuilt his career after being shot in a militant attack on his team bus in Pakistan in 2009.

A veteran of 81 Tests, Samaraweera has amassed 5462 runs at an average of 48.76 and it includes 14 centuries.

Sri Lanka Cricket on Monday announced the squad for the first Test against Bangladesh starting in Galle on Friday.

Jayasuriya met the players after a Saturday deadline passed with Sri Lanka's 23 international players failing to enter into employment agreements with SLC.

The cricketer, who has not yet "thought about" retirement, said he has always been fascinated by golf.