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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sukanya" data-source="post: 5104136" data-attributes="member: 218993">Vaas snubs de Mel  Veteran Sri Lankan seamer Chaminda Vaas on Saturday refuted the chief selector's claim that he wanted to retire from Test cricket, saying he had not taken any decision.Chief selector Asantha de Mel had said earlier in the day that the 35-year-old left-armer did not want to play Test cricket, but was still available for one-day and Twenty20 cricket.“Chaminda has told me he does not want to play Test cricket anymore but he will continue in the shorter formats,” de Mel, a former Sri Lankan fast bowler, said.Vaas, however, said he had not spoken to the selectors and denied he had made up his mind to quit.“I have not retired from Test cricket,” he told AFP. “I have not even spoken to de Mel or any other selector.”Vaas, a 110-Test veteran, was overlooked for the Test series against Pakistan which began at the Galle International Stadium on Saturday.</blockquote>

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