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Sanath Jayasuriya and Marvan Atapattu (AFP)
Sanath Jayasuriya and Marvan Atapattu (AFP)

Colombo - Sri Lanka's cricket selectors, headed by former skipper Sanath Jayasuriya, have quit on Friday to allow new management to take over the island's cricket governing body, which has been mired in allegations of widespread corruption.

Jayasuriya, 45, has been accused of politicising the game after he became a member of parliament from president Mahinda Rajapakse's party following his retirement from the game in 2009.

The former batsman also copped criticism for making four changes to the team at last month's World Cup quarter-finals that Sri Lanka lost to South Africa by nine wickets.

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