Serasinghe sacked

CRICKET: Serasinghe, one of Sri Lanka's most prolific all-round cricketers in the on-going ICC under 19 World Cup tournament has been sacked from the team on disciplinary grounds.

Sri Lanka team manager Ashley de Silva said yesterday that Serasinghe had breached rules and regulations imposed by the team management and appropriate action had been taken.

De Silva said that Serasinghe had not been giving off his best at team practices and had missed a morning training session last Sunday.

"This is not the first time that Sachitra has been pulled up for misconduct. It has happened twice before on tours and on both occasions he had got away with a reprimand," said De Silva.

A product of Nalanda College, Serasinghe won the man of the match award in the game against Namibia with a fine all-round performance scoring 41 runs and taking three wickets for 22 runs.

He is also the leading run scorer for Sri Lanka in the current competition with 152 runs from four matches. (ST)