Monday, August 21 2006 11:19 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Colombo: Sri Lanka's senior cricketers, including record-breaking bowler Muttiah Muralitharan, today (20 Aug, 2006) slammes South Africa's decision to pull out of a tri-series citing security concerns.

"What they have done is wrong, it is not good for Sri Lankan cricket," the island nation's leading pace bowler Chaminda Vaas says.

Muralitharan says that South Africa's decision will affect Sri Lankan Board's economics.

"It was unfortunate that South Africa decided to go without considering the future of Sri Lankan cricket. Other countries like Pakistan (currently in England) have understood and decided to play cricket. Sri Lankan cricket is dependent on revenues from tours," the off-spinner who is world's second highest wicket-taker says.

Kumar Sangakkara, who has been the fulcrum of Sri Lankan batting in recent times, laments the fact that the South Africans chooses to go despite guarantees from the highest authority in the land.

"They decided to go after taking into considerations that both the Sri Lankan Board and the government promised the best security cover," the wicketkeeper-batsman who featured in a world record partnership against the South Africans in the first Test, says.

"India and Sri Lanka are keen to play. If India is happy to stay, I can't see why South Africa are not," he says.