Former Sri Lanka batsman Thilan Samaraweera is working with some Australia Test players ahead of their tour to Sri Lanka, in his brief consulting stint at Australias National Cricket Centre in Brisbane.Samaraweera has been hired as a consultant for the academy from June to August. Though his role is not specifically geared towards preparing Australia Test players for the forthcoming tour, he has already begun to work with Adam Voges, Shaun Marsh, and Jackson Bird, as they prepare for the tour.At the moment Im involved with the National Cricket Academy in Brisbane, Samaraweera said. Im working with a few Test players who are not involved in that West Indies tri-series. They are just coming here to train.Samaraweera, who lives in Melbourne, said he was unlikely to accompany the Australia team on their Sri Lanka tour, and that he was also working with Australias A team players. He had had a previous stint at the academy, ahead of the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh earlier this year, which the Australia Under-19 side eventually withdrew from.Cricket Australia has also prepared two turning pitches at the academy in order to emulate Sri Lankan conditions. It is on these surfaces that Samaraweera has been working with the Test players.Ive had a hit on the spin wicket here and its very good - very similar to what you get on the subcontinent and it was a challenging net session, Marsh said. Samaraweera was throwing a few offies as well, and its been really good to chat to him and get a bit of an insight into the sort of conditions well be facing in the next couple of months. Hes been helping with advice on how to play spin, hes good to chat about that with.Hiring coaches accustomed to local conditions isnt a new concept for Australia. S Sriram, the former India batsman, was consultant of the A team for their tour of India in 2015 and the senior squad for the World T20 in 2016, Muttiah Muralitharan, the former Sri Lanka spinner, was roped in to work with the spinners during Australias Test tour of UAE in 2014. Allan Donald, in April this year, was appointed as the teams fast bowling mentor for their tour of Sri Lanka.Australia arrive in Sri Lanka in early July, well ahead of the first Test, which begins in Pallekele on July 26. Texas Rangers Pro Shop . -- Bryant McKinnie came out of his stance and lowered his shoulder into a practice squad player, causing a crisp thud to reverberate in the Miami Dolphins practice bubble. Stitched Rangers Jerseys . Instead of dwelling on the negative, Oates focused on what was good about the clubs recent play. It worked. https://www.cheaprangersbaseball.com/ . It was Kerbers third final of the year after losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in Monterrey in April and to Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic in Tokyo two weeks ago. The 10th-ranked German improved her record in finals to 3-5. Cheap Rangers Jerseys . -- In a span of seven Washington Redskins offensive plays, Justin Tuck sacked Robert Griffin III four times. Texas Rangers Store . This should be celebrated because it will not always be this way. With the amount of money given to players by their clubs these days, it is a wonder that so many of those teams allow the sport to continue to take away many of their assets so they can play for a different team in the middle of their season. HARRISONBURG, Va. -- Dulani Robinson scored 17 points, had seven assists and six boards and Zach Lofton added 16 points to help lift Texas Southern past James Madison 67-56 on Monday night.Derrick Griffin also contributed 10 points and 11 rebounds for Texas Southern (4-1) playing in the Hardwood Showcase.On two occasions in the second half Ramone Snowden made a pair of free throws for the Dukes reduce the deficit to four, 48-44 and 56-52. In the first instance Texas Southern responded witth an 8-0 run and in the latter the Tigers went on a 9-4 run to close the game.ddddddddddddTexas Southern led 35-26 at halftime.Yohanny Dalembert led James Madison (0-4) with 10 points and six rebounds and was the only Dukes player to score in double figures.James Madison shot 18 for 50 (35 percent) from the floor and 5 for 21 (23.8 percent) from 3-point range. ' ' '