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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paparich" data-source="post: 21947554" data-attributes="member: 561691">Read below article to understand who is Charlie Austin:I had sleepless nights as captain – DilshanFormer captain Tillekeratne Dilshan told The Island that the ten month stint he had as Sri Lanka’s captain was the toughest of his career. He revealed this in an interview with The Island on the eve of his last ODI at Dambulla. Dilshan will retire from international cricket on September the 9th when Sri Lanka take on Australia in the second T-20 International at the RPS.Captaincy was thrust upon Dilshan after Kumar Sangakkara’s decision to quit following the 2011 World Cup. Dilshan had some of the toughest assignments as captain as Sri Lanka played England, Pakistan and South Africa away from home apart from hosting Australia.Sri Lanka had just entered the post Muralithara era and Dilshan had very little bowling resources as Nuwan Kulasekara and Ajantha Mendis were injured. Injury also prevented Angelo Mathews from bowling as Dilshan was denied the luxury of an all-rounder.His first assignment was Sri Lanka’s tour of England. When Chairman of Selectors Duleep Mendis ordered Lasith Malinga to return home early from IPL for a fitness camp, the premier fast bowler out of the blues announced his retirement from Test cricket. It looked an act of sabotage.From the outset it was very clear that powerful player agent Charlie Austin wasn’t going to make life easy for Dilshan. The divisions within the team were visible when Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene issued statements supporting Malinga’s retirement from Test cricket.Read the full article here<a href="http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=151060" target="_blank">http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=151060</a></blockquote>

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