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Steve eyes SL job Sanath yet to say anything

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Sri Lankan cricket officials are still waiting to hear whether Sanath Jayasuriya will step down as captain after his side crashed out of the Sharjah Cup.
The 33-year-old all-rounder offered his resignation after Sri Lanka lost to Australia in the World Cup semifinal in March, but it was turned down by national team selectors.
"There hasn't been anything official expressed to the cricket board. He has only intimated he wants to relinquish the captaincy to media in Sharjah," Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) chief executive Anura Tennekoon told Reuters on Thursday.
Despite being favourites to qualify for the Sharjah final Sri Lanka were knocked out of the four-team tournament after losing to Zimbabwe by four wickets on Monday.
After that defeat Jayasuriya, who helped Sri Lanka win the 1996 World Cup, told TEN Sports TV channel he would continue as a player, but recommended vice-captain Marvan Atapattu to succeed him as skipper.
"It is obviously a very disappointing end on my last tour as Sri Lanka captain," Jayasuriya said at the time.
Jayasuriya became just the fourth player to pass 9,000 runs in one-day internationals in the victory over Kenya on Sunday.
Meanwhile, former Australian wicketkeeper Steve Rixon is among three candidates in the fray to succeed Dav Whatmore as Sri Lanka's cricket coach, a top official said Thursday.
Tennekoon said former New Zealand off-spinner John Bracewell and South African Graham Ford were also in contention.
"We are talking to all three of them
and a decision will be made by the end of this month," said Tennekoon.
He said the board had already informed Whatmore, a Sri Lanka-born Australian, that his contract would not be renewed. The contract ends on May 31.
Sri Lanka's most memorable moment under Whatmore came in 1996 when Arjuna Ranatunga's team won the World Cup.
Whatmore was replaced with former Test batsman Roy Dias for a brief period before being recalled following Sri Lanka's dismal performance in the 1999 World Cup in England.
Sri Lanka qualified for the World Cup semifinals in South Africa last month under Whatmore's second stint as coach.
Whatmore, however, is expected to stay as coach for Sri Lanka's home Test series against New Zealand this month and a subsequent triangular one-day series, also featuring Pakistan.