Former Australia Prime Minister John Howard's dream of becoming ICC president in 2012 suffered a jolt on Thursday as Sri Lanka joined Zimbabwe and South Africa in resisting his nomination for the vice-president's post.
Booted out unceremoniously by the Indian Cricket Board, former Test pacer Venkatesh Prasad applied for the job of Sri Lanka's assistant coach but failed to find favour with the SLC who appointed former Australia batsman Stuart Law for the job.
Sri Lanka will not name a successor to head coach Trevor Bayliss until after the tour of England which starts next month.
Sri Lanka Cricket chairman Jayantha Dharmadasa said it was improper to punish the skipper alone for team's slow overrates
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