Sri Lanka: Concrete wickets in Badulla District (11 October 1998)

11 October 1998

Sri Lanka: Concrete wickets in Badulla District

by V T Raj

Five out of ten concrete side wickets constructed at a cost of nearly Rs. 800,000 in Badulla district will be declared open by the Sri Lanka's ace wicket keeper Romesh Kaluwitharana and spinner Upul Chandana next Friday, October 16.

Elaborate arrangements have been made by the Regional 5 of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka and the Badulla District Cricket Association to receive the two Sri Lanka cricketers. Romesh Kaluwitharana and Upul Chandana will be received at the Badulla Esplanade, and then they will be taken in procession to Badulla Central College where they will declare open the two side concrete wickets. Later they will proceed to Saraswathy National School at Badulla and then to Hali-Ela and declare open the side concrete wickets. After lunch, they will proceed to Bandarawela to declare open the side wickets installed at Bandarawela Central College.

Side concrete wickets at Passara Central College , Welimada Central College, Kandegedera MMV, Kandekitiya MV and Mahiyangana MMV are under construction and will be declared open later this month according to the secretary of the Region 5 R. M. U. Ratnayake.

The school children in the area are full of praise for president of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka Thilange Sumathipala for his prompt action in constructing these concrete side wickets in Badulla District within a short period of time.

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