Sri Lanka field strong team for Blind WC cricket (14 November 1998)
The inaugural World Cup Cricket tournament for the blind will be held in New Delhi, India, from November 17 to 28
14-Nov-1998
14 November 1998
Sri Lanka field strong team for Blind WC cricket
The Daily News
The inaugural World Cup Cricket tournament for the blind will be held
in New Delhi, India, from November 17 to 28.
Leading test playing countries such as Australia, England, New
Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka will participate at
this tournament for which are being made by the World Blind Cricket
Council.
A team of 17 players was chosen to represent Sri Lanka in June 1998
and have been hard at practice. In addition to several practice
matches, special training for the team was arranged by the Board of
Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka at the CCC grounds, in the last week
of October. The team is led by Chandana Kumara Suriyaarachchi with
Kumudulal Samarasinghe as the vice-captain. Most of the players are
from the Schools for the Blind at Ratmalana and Tangalle, the
University of Kelaniya and the Seeduwa Vocational Training Centre of
the Department of Social Services. Our team is expected to perform
creditably.
The team will be accompanied by four officials. The WBCC is providing
all facilities for the teams stay in India whilst the costs of the
air tickets, uniforms and other requirements are being met from
generous donations received from th Central Governments, Provincial
Councils, Air Lanka Ltd. - the National carrier and other Private
Sector benefactors.
Mr. U. R. Rodrigo, Superintendent of Social Services, will accompany
the team as Manager, whilst Mr. Alex M. Jayawardena (who is an senior
office bearer in several organisations of the blind) will be the
Assistant Manager.
Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)