Mendis looks to rebuild Lanka

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COLOMBO, Apr 12 (AFP): Sri Lanka's new cricket chief selector Duleep Mendis Monday said he has to inject new blood into the national team after the recent World Cup defeat to India. "Rebuilding is going to be the key in the coming months. Some things may not work, some tactics may pay off," Mendis, 58, told a packed news conference in Colombo. Mendis and four past cricketers like Brendon Kuruppu, Don Arunasiri, Ranjith Madurasinghe and Chaminda Mendis, were appointed as selectors Monday following the resignation of the previous team of selectors. Veteran batsman Aravinda de Silva, who previously chaired the selection committee, quit last week after the team lost the World Cup final to India by six wickets. Mendis, a former captain, selector and administrator, said selectors were on the look out for a new crop of players from junior squads as a number of current players were ageing.