Sri Lanka: Concrete wickets opened in Moneragala (3 November 1998)
Sri Lanka Test cricket captain, Arjuna Ranatunga, President of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka, Thilanga Sumathipala visited Moneragala district recently to declare open several side concrete wickets in the district
03-Nov-1998
3 November 1998
Sri Lanka: Concrete wickets opened in Moneragala
by V T Raj
Sri Lanka Test cricket captain, Arjuna Ranatunga, President of the
Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka, Thilanga Sumathipala
visited Moneragala district recently to declare open several side
concrete wickets in the district.
Messrs Ranatunga, Sumathipala and several Board officials were
received at Kataragama where they declared open concrete side wickets
at the Kataragama Pradeshiya Sabha, Kataragama Central College,
Kumaradasa MV, Mallathawela MMV, and Royal Maha Vidyalaya in
Moneragala.
Mr. Sumathipala assured that by promoting cricket in rural areas,
several more rural children will get an opportunity to enter the Sri
Lanka squad.
Skipper Ranatunga said that the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri
Lanka has constructed 140 side wickets in several parts of the
country and several pools for under-15, under-19, under-23, and
second eleven will he held shortly to promote cricket in Sri Lanka.
Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)