Have a read on Rex Clemetines article on Mahela facing the media.
 
http://www.island.lk/2008/03/11/sports7.html
 
 
This is Mahela who also says that young players need to have atleast 30-40 games under them so that we are finetuned for the world cup. When has he shown that he wants players who are performing. Sint it the same old players who get picked and lets not be fooled, coz Mahela also has a say in selections.  
 
Also read on cricinfo how Mahela backs Herath's selection and how he continues to have a way to leave out and justifu Bandara's omission.
 
http://content-sl.cricinfo.com/wivsl/content/current/story/341906.html
 
Ajith

Ajith,
 
About 2 years ago several youth were given opportunity. But out of them only Lasitha malinga and Chamara Kappu are upto the international standards.
 
This is the time to leave out other yougsters and looking for some more Lasitha Maninga's and Kappu's.
 
Thanks

Ajith,  
 
Arjuna or captain grumpy as you like to call him can talk now but we all know how he acted when he was captain and how many youngsters were lost to SL cricket purely b'cos of him. What was the policy then, the only policy I know was if anybody wanted to play for SL, he had to play for SSC. I will also bet my bottom dollar he would have been of the first to join IPL if he was still playing. All these guys have skeletons in their cupboards and they tend to easily forget what they themselves did in the past.
 
I have all respect for Arjuna the player and what he did to win the 96 WC but there was a downside to him regarding certain players. I dont like to go into detail and indulge in throwing mud b'cos those are in the past and I reckon everyone does mistakes and they need to be given a second chance to redeem themselves and I reckon that if anybody can put SL cricket on the map again its Arjuna. At least now, we should have a proper selection policy and that shouldn't change when selectors change.
 
I think its enough of talking of the past and debate who was right or who was wrong, I think this is not the time for it. Its time to look to the future and build for the future otherwise I reckon the only thing we'll be left to talk about is the glorious past (1995-2006) as we do about other things in our country. We do nothing but talk about our glorious past and do nothing for the future. We should not let that happen to cricket.
 
A pool of 25 players must be chosen and those players should be given every oppotunity to play at the highest level or at least at A team level for longer periods of time. We can add or drop players from that pool depending on their form and talent. Selections should be on performance alone except in the case of any identified exceptional talent that needs to be groomed & managed carefully.
 
What Mahela says or Arjuna says is not the important thing but how they go about doing their job is the most important thing. Can they walk the talk, its high time they do it. If they are genuine about the future of SL cricket, its time for Arjuna, Mahela & Asantha De Mel to meet up and discuss what they have to do for the future and come out and do what has to be done, NOT issue individual statements to look good.
 
Cheers!!

Ajith,
 
As far as I am concerned, I dont care what anybody says as long as they do a proper job of what they are supposed to do. For me, words dont count, deeds do. People can say various things, most of it they dont mean a word they say but when its comes to doing the job, thats when it really matters. Thats exactly what we need to boost our cricket.
 
Cheers!!

To me Rex Clemetines is a big fool after reading his article.