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COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan abbot closed the country's aboveboard accession on Thursday, blaming poor accession spirit for its abject 258-run thrashing by South Africa, the island's adversity one-day all-embracing defeat.

Government abettor and Media Abbot Keheliya Rambukwella said he was
"horrified" aback Sri Lanka were absolved for 43 runs at Boland Park in Paarl on Wednesday, their everyman one-day score.

"You can acquire a defeat, but not commodity like this," Rambukwella told reporters in Colombo. "We are appalled. Commodity has to be done immediately. It looks like there is no accession spirit amidst players."

Rambukwella said the blow was abject to cricket-crazy Sri Lankans who won the 1996 World Cup and emerged runners up at the 2011 World Cup.

Sports Abbot Mahindananda Aluthgamage had accursed the borough accession akin afore Wednesday's defeat, aphorism the accessory was in "crisis" due to alienated backroom amidst the players.

Sri Lanka has already absent the Test alternation to South Africa 2-1. Afterwards a five-match ODI alternation with South Africa, Sri Lanka alive for a tri-series affray in Australia which additionally includes India.

Since the retirement of bowling ablaze Muttiah Muralitharan in July 2010, Sri Lanka has won abandoned one Test match.

Sri Lanka skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan has abhorrent his side's inconsistent after-effects on the island's bloodless calm scene.

"It is absolute difficult to accretion adequate cricketers. We acquire to absolute our calm structure. Coming from our club aboveboard to all-embracing aboveboard is a huge difference," he said afterwards blow the Test series.

Some players acquire complained about months of contributed ability as the Sri Lanka Aboveboard axle struggles with debts of $69 amateur afterwards architectonics two new venues and revamping a third amphitheatre for the World Cup.