Sri Lanka Cricket Fund 2000 Moves To Australia (20 Nov 1995)

Date: 20 Nov 1995 02:45:41 GMT

Sri Lanka Cricket Fund 2000 moves to Australia

Cricket Fund 2000,the brain child of Sri Lanka Cricket Board president Ana Punchihewa will move to Australia where Sri Lanka's cricketers are currently on tour.

The fund will be launched in four states where Sri Lanka are billed to play. Punchihewa will handle Melbourne (on December 22) and Brisbane (January 5), while Cricket Board vice president Thilanga Sumathipala will introduce it in Perth, prior to the first Test starting on December 8 and in Sydney (on December 21). Cricket Fund 2000 was initially launched in England on May 29 where an initial contribution of 900 pounds sterling was collected after a seven-a-side match between Sri Lanka Cavaliers led by Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga and an International Cavaliers side captained by former England cricketer Chris Cowdrey. Sri Lanka will meet Queensland X1 in a one day limited over `tour opener' match in Cairns on Sunday.

Source :: Lanka Internet Services