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New Sri Lankan captain Dimuth Karunaratne has included many former veterans to try and motivate his tournament opener on the eve of his tournament against New Zealand. The Sri Lankans are former winners of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup - back in 1996 - but enter this year's edition in the difficult recent run form. In the England and Wales teams, they have been placed in ninth place among the 10 teams that have been eliminated in 5 years, have been eliminated from 5-0 in three years, and have called on Karunaratne to give place to the team, despite the fact that the opener is four years old I will not play ODI cricket for my country. But the likes of the 1996 champion Arjuna Ranatunga and Kumar Sangakkara gave their support to the team. And Karunaratne - who inspired his country to win the Test series in South Africa earlier this year - are feeling confident on the eve of its tournament opener against New Zealand in Cardiff. "Come tell us and give us some words of advice