COLOMBO
\nSri Lanka\u2019s Sanath Jayasuriya said he will step down as head coach, while Pakistan\u2019s Salman Agha said he will take time to decide whether to remain captain after both teams\u2019 poor campaigns at the Twenty20 World Cup.
\nTournament co-hosts Sri Lanka made the Super Eights but the 2014 champion lost all three matches to finish at the bottom of Group Two.
\n\u201cI thought it was time to give it (the job) to someone else,\u201d Jayasuriya said after their narrow defeat to Pakistan on Saturday.
\n\u201cThat\u2019s why about two months ago I\u2019d said during the England series that I don\u2019t have hopes of staying in the job for long. I\u2019d taken this decision by then.
\n\u201cI thought I\u2019d be able to leave as coach on a good note in the World Cup. I wasn\u2019t able to do that as well as I\u2019d like, and I\u2019m sad about that.\u201d
\nThe former captain, whose contract runs until June, said he was yet to convey his decision to Sri Lanka Cricket.
\n\u201cI haven\u2019t given SLC any news officially yet. They don\u2019t know that I am going to say this even. I will need to go and discuss with them.\u201d
\nIt was an underwhelming tournament for Pakistan as well that included a comprehensive defeat at the hands of arch-rivals India in a group match.
\nPakistan\u2019s middle order often did not click, while their slow bowlers could not make the most of the spin-friendly conditions in Sri Lanka where they played all their matches.
\n\u201cWe have underperformed in the whole tournament,\u201d captain Agha told reporters.
\n\u201cWe are out of the semis due to our failure in decision-making in pressure situations.\u201d
\nAgha said he and head coach Mike Hesson took full responsibility for their poor performance in a global multi-team event.
\nHe was unhappy with his own form but said he was not in a hurry to take a call on whether to stay as Pakistan\u2019s white-ball captain.
\n\u201cI will go back and take some time to decide,\u201d the 32-year-old said.
\n\u201cBecause at this point of time stepping down would be an emotional decision.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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