Islanders face high tide

Seated deep inside the folds of the WACA, a leader is found brooding intensely over his big-hearted but small-pocketed men. Mahela Jayawardene’s Sri Lankan team, the third wheel of this tri-series, has witnessed a sea change in its cricketing structure. A change that crippled its old administration and ensured that none of its current players will receive a dime for their efforts in Australia this year. While Team Sri Lanka is still awaiting its payments over the last one year, news of Jayawardene being bought for $ 1.4 million by the Delhi Daredevils seeped through on the flight to Perth.

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