Sri Lanka News Round-up (11 April 1999)

11 April 1999

Sri Lanka News Round-up

The Daily News

All Premier Division cricket tournament matches have been suspended until further notice.

This decision has been arrived at following the enjoining order on the office-bearers and officials of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka.

The Cricket Board's assignment secretary Fitzroy de Mel is reported to have informed all the clubs yesterday that all matches have been suspended because the Board will not be in a position to take decisions in case some issues crop up regarding the matches.

However, the match between Kurunegala YCC and NCC was played yesterday at the Welegedera Stadium.

Asoka Jayakody

NCC are poised for an innings win in the Premier Division cricket tournament match against Kurunegala YCC at the Welagedera Stadium today.

After having made 232 runs in their first innings, NCC shot out Kurunegala YCC for 58 runs in the first innings, and having enforced the follow-on, grabbed three KYCC wickets for 41 runs in the second innings.

The match will be continued today at 10 a.m.

NCC (overnight 57/2 wkts) - all out 232 (Russel Arnold 61, Prasanna Jayawardena 30, Ruwan Kalpage 45, Asela Pathirana 55, Rajith Amunugama 2 for 57, Amila Samarakoon 3 for 30, Ajit Ekanayake 2 for 29).

KYCC 58 (Rajith Amunugama 17, Sajeewa de Silva 4 for 25, Chintaka Jayasinghe 2 for 5) and 41 for 3 wkts at close (R. Jaymon 20).

The second day of the Premier Division one cricket matches between Colts CC and Matara SC and BRC vs Galle CC which were to be played at Colts grounds and BRC grounds at Havelock Park respectively were not played yesterday. (RA)

V T Raj

All members elected to the Badulla district Cricket Association (BDCA) except for the treasurer should have at least played school cricket. This was one of the amendment, unanimously adopted at the last annual general meeting of the association held at the Simon Pieris Hall, presided by its president Mr. S. Chandramohan.

The other two amendments unanimously adopted at this meeting were: the president elected could hold office only for two years if re-elected and cannot seek election for the third year; the number of vice presidents should be increased from 2 to 4.

Accordingly messrs A.H.M. Aleem and M. Huzair had been elected additional vice presidents at the first council meeting of the association held at the Old Duthians Club hall recently.

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