Sri Lanka News Round-up (26 Jan 1998)

Monday 26, January 1998

Kandy DCA play Jaffna today

By S. M. Jiffrey Abdeen - Kandy South group correspondent

Kandy District Cricket Association has picked a young side comprising schoolboys to meet the visiting Jaffna District Cricket Association in a limited over cricket match to be played at the Asgiriya Stadium today.

Mahes Pallihakkara who captains the Antonians is likely to captain the side. The last time a cricket team from Jaffna played in the hill capital was over 25 years when St. Sylvester's College played Jaffna Central, St. John's and Hartley Colleges and they reciprocate these visits by making a goodwill tour of the peninsula the following year and they play these three schools. Trinity College also played one of the Jaffna schools regularly. That was over 25 years ago.

Cricket loving public in the hill capital will give the visiting cricketers from Jaffna a rousing welcome and will endeavour to encourage them in every possible way and it is nice to have them here again, says the Senior Vice President of the Kandy District CA, Mr. Deva Amunugama.

Kandy District CA Youth XI will be selected from: Mahes Pallihakkara, Suranga Pinnaduwa (St. Anthony's), Pubudu Seneviratne, Waruna Herath (Dharmaraja), Kaushalya Weeraratne, Suranga Moratota (Trinity), Chanaka Wijesinghe, (St. Sylvesters), A. Alahakoon (Sri Rahula), Sarath Ranaweera, S. K. Hewawitharne (Vidyartha), M. Fayas, M. Premkumar (Madeena Central), Rohan Perera, Thushara Madanayake (Kingswood).

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