Sri Lanka News Round-up (13 March 1999)

13 March 1999

Sri Lanka News Round-up

The Daily News

K. T. Francis has been nominated by the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) as Sri Lanka's nominee for the World Cup panel of umpires.

The twelve-member panel comprises two umpires from England and one each from the other eight Test-playing nations.

The ICC however have included South African Dave Orchard and New Zealand's Doug Cowie as special invitees to the panel.

The Australian Cricket Board have yet to name their nominee for the panel.

The World Cup panel of umpires: David Shepherd and Peter Willey (both England), Srini Venkatraghavan (India), Steve Dunne (New Zealand), Javed Akhtar (Pakistan), Rudi Koertzen (South Africa), K. T. Francis (Sri Lanka), Steve Bucknor (West Indies), Ian Robinson (Zimbabwe), Dave Orchard (South Africa), Doug Cowie (New Zealand).

Three umpires from the associate-member countries who are participating in the World Cup were also named: Sailat Hossain (Bangladesh), Subash Modi (Kenya), William Smith (Scotland).

The World Cup commences in England on May 14 and involves 42 matches. The final is scheduled for June 20.

Sri Lanka's second umpire in the International Cricket Council (ICC) panel - Peter Manuel will officiate in the one-day triangular series in Dhaka, Bangladesh from March 19.

V. K. Ramaswamy from India and Javed Akhtar from Pakistan are the other independent umpires officiating in the tournament.

The double-legged tri series (all day/night) matches involves Bangladesh, Kenya and Zimbabwe.

Mahinda P Liyanage

The Battle of the Favourites of Galle, the annual cricket encounter between Vidyaloka College, Galle vs Meepawala Amarasooriya College, Akmeemana will be played for the second successive year today and tomorrow at the Galle International Cricket Stadium.

This newly introduced big match in Galle is aimed at popularising cricket in rural schools under a special cricket promotion program launched by the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka in association with the Galle District Cricket Association.

During this year's school cricket season, Meepawala Amarasooriya team played 11 matches and drew ten. They beat Kataragama MV.

Vidyaloka College played 9 matches recording one victory against Galagedera MV and 3 defeats.

However as the teams are packed with more experienced players than the previous year, Galle cricket fans expect a very keenly contested match this year.

N. G. Paubudu Manjula captains the Meepawala Amarasooriya team while Harsha Ravindra leads the Vidyaloka team.

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