Possibilities and requirement of Medal Prospects , winning or attaining a high rank at thetournament - In which case the best possible team comprising the best players in order ofpriority should be selected.
Participation is for purposes of providing exposure and experience for the future, improvement of the standard of Squash in the country [when chances of winning a medal or attaining high rank seems unlikely] - in such a case it would be preferable to select younger upand-coming players with potential to improve their standard for future success.
Any player unable to participate in the pool in trial matches owing to a genuine compassionate reasons of personal distress, injury or illness at the sole discretion of the Selection Committee be provided an opportunity to play his/her matches on a later date (if time permitting), or if not selected or dropped from the team at the sole discretion of the Selection Committee considering his/her previous records with in the previous three months. [Personal distress to be of immediate family and if due to illness, Selection Committee should take cognizance of adequate time for recovery prior to the tournament to get back to 100% efficiency]. In both cases, the gap between the next player in waiting and the player concerned is to be also considered, considering that Squash is a game that needs 100% focus for optimum result. If player suffers injury/illness, he/she should forward a valid Medical report from the Ministry of Sports within 24hours from the injury/illness reported time for consideration mentioned in same para
During the trial (after the trial draw is published), any player cannot award walk-over against any opponent unless due to genuine compassionate reasons of personal distress, injury or illness during the trails. If it is not a genuine reason, Selection Committee has sole authority to waive all matches of that particular player (points will not be considered). Also SLS may take necessary disciplinary action against such cases.
Squash being an individual Game, the role of the Captain is mainly of administrative nature, to assist the Team Management. Hence, we propose the Captain Should be selected considering the following;
Since most of the above data is available with the Sri Lanka Squash, the selection Committee will make the Appointment of Captain, in consultation with the Executive Committee of the SLS, either from the selected players or from the nominated officials- [Particularly when junior Team travel aboard]