Sri Lanka: Concrete wickets and nets for clubs and schools (8 Aug 1998)

8 August 1998

Concrete wickets and nets for clubs and schools

by S. M. Jiffrey Abdeen

The Kandy Regional Cricket Board through the National Cricket Development Committee has drawn plans to provide the lesser known clubs and schools with concrete wickets complete with nets for practices. Thirty such wickets will be constructed in the districts of Kandy, Kegalle and Nuwara Eliya.

The entire cost of these wickets will be borne by the Cricket Board's National Development Committee whose Secretary is Malcolm Perera in addition to his duties as the Director of Coaching.

The Secretary of the Kandy Regional Cricket Board Mr. Janaka Pathirana said that already 23 wickets have been constructed in the region at Kegalle Police grounds, Vidyartha (2) Sri Rahula, Sri Sumangala V, Nugawela Central, Gampola Wickremabahu, Kandy Police grounds (2) Wattegama Central, Bowalawatte, St. Sylvesters (2), Dharmaraja (2) and Poramadulla Central (2).

According to Mr. Pathirana these wickets have been constructed on the express understanding that other schools and clubs who do not have such facilities should be permitted to use them for practising purposes. Any such school or club requiring the use of the wickets should make a request to the Regional Cricket Board who will then authorise the use of wickets in writing by others.

Mr. Pathirana also said arrangements are also under hand to construct more such concrete wickets at Kelani Valley, Pinnawela Central, Warakapola, Radella, TRI Talawakelle, Dickoya, Darrawela, Galagedera, Ampitiya, Madawala Madeena, Peradeniya Campus, Zahira Gampola, Kegalle Public Esplanade, Nawalapitiya Anuruddha Kumara Vidyalaya. This is one of the biggest plans ever drawn to develop and promote cricket in the outstations and schools and clubs with no proper amentities will greatly benefit from this plan.

Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)