Veteran Sri Lankan batsman Aravinda de Silva has been urged to reconsider his intention to quit international cricket after next year's World Cup.
De Silva announced his decision after playing a key role in Sri Lanka's semi-final victory against Australia in the Champions Trophy.
The 36-year-old has played 286 one-day internationals in the past 18 years and was the hero of Sri Lanka's 1996 World Cup victory.
"I am definitely going to finish after the World Cup." said De Silva.
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Friendly match
Day two of three: West Indies 300 & 46-2 v Pakistan 248-9 dec
Misbah-ul Haq enhanced his claim for a place in Pakistan's Test squad with an unbeaten century against West Indies in the second day of their friendly match.
Members of the Australian squad have voiced reservations about playing Test cricket against Pakistan in Sharjah next month.
The sides are due to travel to the United Arab Emirates for two matches, after playing the opening Test in Sri Lanka.
The series was originally switched to neutral venues from Pakistan because of security concerns following an explosion in Karachi earlier this year which prompted New Zealand to cut a tour short.
But the possibility of military action against Iraq has caused a fresh sense of unease.
Somerset all-rounder Ian Blackwell has kept his place in England's one-day squad after impressing as an injury replacement during the ICC Champions Trophy.
Owais Shah, another late call-up for the Sri Lanka tournament, is also one of seven one-day specialists named to join the 16-man Test squad for the triangular VB Series in Australia.
Crooked players backed by prostitutes and sign language experts have beaten Sri Lankan police in the battle against match fixing during the ICC Champions trophy tournament, officials said Sunday.
The anti-corruption unit of the International Cricket Council (ICC) held a meeting with police here to review the security measures at the tournament ending here Sunday, but the prognosis was not good, officials said.
Police units had not bargained to battle women invited into the rooms of players in violation of the ICC's strict "access control" regulations aimed at ensuring that they did not come into contact with bookies.
"The players had got wise to the police operation and they were giving the slip to guards deployed at the team hotel," a police official said. "Tackling the problem of women friends of players was a big problem."
