Sri Lanka: Thirty teams in Kandy District CA Div III tourney (23 Aug 1998)
Thirty teams have been invited to participate in the Kandy Region of the Cricket Board's Division III cricket tournament conducted by the Kandy District Cricket Association on behalf of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka which will get
23-Aug-1998
23 August 1998
Thirty teams in Kandy District CA Div III tourney
By S M Jiffrey Abdeen
Thirty teams have been invited to participate in the Kandy Region of
the Cricket Board's Division III cricket tournament conducted by the
Kandy District Cricket Association on behalf of the Board of Control
for Cricket in Sri Lanka which will get under way next month.
The president of the KDCA and PA Organiser for the Senkadagala
Electorate Tillina Tennakoon told this correspondent that since a
very large number of teams have entered this tournament, they will be
divided into groups where they will play on a league basis. Initially
each club will play 3 for 4 matches before moving into the knock-out
stage in the regional level.
Tillina Tennakoon said that the rules of the tournament will be
strictly adhered to and deterrent action will be taken against the
clubs which do not complete their fixtures. Last year's tournament
saw some of the clubs not completing their fixtures at the regional
level but appeared to have escaped scot free.
He also said that the recent construction of 30 cement wickets in the
Kandy region by the Board of Control will go a long way to develop
cricket in the district as some of the clubs often have come to play
matches with hardly any practice. With these concrete wickets being
made available free of charge for clubs and schools by the owners of
the grounds in which they are constructed, the clubs will have the
opportunity of practising very often and which will uplift the
standard and competitive level of cricket.
The chairman of the tournament committee of the KDCA Senaka Niyangoda
said that the invited clubs have been summoned for a meeting at the
Asgiriya Pavilion on Friday August 28 so that the clubs could be
briefed on the rules and conditions governing the tournament.
The clubs which have been invited to participate in the Division III
tournament from Kandy area are:
Old Trinitians SC, Old Antonians SC, Old Sylvestrians SC, Old Rajans
SC, Kandy Youths CC, Kandy Saracens CC, Gampola Youths CC, Gampola
CC, Sutherland SC, NCC SC, Ekamuthu SC (Muruthalawa), Vinco SC
(Udatalawinna), Madawala United SC, Cosbees SC, Young Stars SC,
Digana SC, Galagedera Youth SC, Orient SC, Remedians SC, University
of Peradeniya, Liverpool SC, Galagedera CC, Central Hills CC, Rangers
SC, Shakthi SC, Kandy Zeylanikans CC, Malwatte SC.
Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)