Aravinda de Silva, Roshan Mahanama, Brendon Kuruppu, Graeme Labrooy, perhaps even Mahela Jayawardane - these are the names Sri Lanka Cricket is attempting to align itself with as the board looks to arrest the decline of the national team.
De Silva, for example, would return to his role as cricket advisor, some board officials hope.
They would also like Mahanama, Kuruppu and Labrooy to become selectors, to replace the Sanath Jayasuriya-led committee that resigned earlier in the month. Ideally Jayawardene might also come in as a consultant.
And the only reason officials have not set their sights on Kumar Sangakkara is because he is still playing cricket overseas.

