Atapattu appointed captain of SSC

Sri Lankan vice-captain, Marvan Atapattu, has been appointed as the captain of his club, Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC), for the forthcoming domestic season. The decision to appoint Atapattu was arrived at the SSC's recent Annual General Meeting.

Atapattu, who started to play for SSC still as a schoolboy in 1988 has done exceptionally well for his club. He has scored close to 10,000 runs in first class cricket with an average of 51.91 and has scored more than 30 hundreds.

This is the first time the Sri Lankan opener has been appointed as the captain of the star studded SSC side, who were led by middle order batsman, Hemantha Wickramarathne, last season.

The secretary of the Sinhalese Sports Club, Ranjith Erigama, speaking to CricInfo said that the appointment was acknowledgement of Atapattu's seniority in the side.

In reality, however, Atapattu will rarely lead the side because of international commitments and someone else will be entrusted with the captaincy during most of the domestic season, which starts at the end of the year.