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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry L" data-source="post: 16913373" data-attributes="member: 260809">Is Thisara contemplating retirement?Is Lankan  all-rounder Thisara Perera who opted out of the Sri Lanka ‘A’ tour of  England and Ireland contemplating retirement from international cricket?The left-handed bowling  all-rounder who has played six tests, 76 ODIs and 38 T-20s had been down  thumbed by the selectors at national level and suddenly pulled out of  the national squad during the present ODI series against South Africa  citing mental stress.However,  according to informed insiders, Perera is cheesed-off with the current  state of affairs. After playing a heroic role in the T-20 World Cup  winning effort where he even hit the winning runs against India in the  final, Perera feels that he is being served with a different spoon. He  feels that he is being branded only as a T-20 player and his talent is  not entertained in the other two forms of the game. He also feels if he  is branded as a T-20 specialist, he should not be bound by other duties. <img src="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/140720/uploads/Thisara-Perera.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> It  is also reliably understood that another Test playing nation has made  overtures to Perera if he is really interested in retiring from national  cricket in Sri Lanka <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/shocked.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":shocked:" title="Shocked    :shocked:" data-shortname=":shocked:" /> Recently,  the selectors turned down his request to play in the Big Bash in  Australia stating that he had to work on some technical aspects with the  coaches. They also refused to give him the No Objection Certificate  (NOC) for him to take part in the West Indian T-20 tournament and  included him in the ‘A’ tour of the United Kingdom. At one point he even  has confided with one of the officials “if I am only a T-20 player why should I be kept with the squad right through. How many T-20 matches do we play for a year?” <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/dull.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":dull:" title="Dull    :dull:" data-shortname=":dull:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/dull.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":dull:" title="Dull    :dull:" data-shortname=":dull:" />When inquired as to why Perera  was refused the NOC on two occasions, Sri Lanka Cricket CEO Ashley de  Silva said, “Generally when a player requests an NOC, we consult the  selectors about the prevailing status of the player and we issue the  certificate with their approval. For the Big Bash, Perera’s NOC was  refused by the selectors who felt he had to work with the coaching  department on some technical issues. Thereafter he was refused the NOC  for the West Indian T-20 as he was a part of Sri Lanka’s ‘A’ tour of  England. He pulled out of the ‘A’ tour citing mental stress and we have  sent him for medical treatment. He is a player within the loop and a  player who has about another ten years of cricket in him.”However, it is understood that  some senior officials have already spoken to the beleaguered player and  told him that he should not get disheartened by sudden hic-ups of this  nature.An official told the Sunday  Times, “We will be playing the World Cup in a few months’ time in  Australia and New Zealand, Thisara’s type of bowling can be very  effective on those wickets. Right now Thisara gets to bowl only about  four overs in an ODI, but, if he is playing in the World Cup we need him  to bowl his quota of ten overs. The ‘A’ tour of England was ideal  fodder for him. There he would have bowled his quota of ten overs and  that would have helped him to bounce back into contention in the ODIs.  However, he should not take any drastic action right now and it is also  our responsibility to see that it does not occur”.<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sorry.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sorry:" title="Sorry    :sorry:" data-shortname=":sorry:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sorry.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sorry:" title="Sorry    :sorry:" data-shortname=":sorry:" /></blockquote>

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