Youth World Cup trial matches next week (13 August 1999)
Hosts Sri Lanka have already commenced its early preparations for next year's Under-19 Youth World Cup cricket tournament
13-Aug-1999
13 August 1999
Youth World Cup trial matches next week
The Daily News
Hosts Sri Lanka have already commenced its early preparations for
next year's Under-19 Youth World Cup cricket tournament. There has
been impressive turn out of 1214 top schoolboy cricketers turning up
for practice.
They were briefed by coach manager D. S. de Silva on Sri Lanka's
initial preparations with a series of trial matches. Six teams have
been picked to play three trial matches to be played at Bloomfield
grounds on August 17, 18 and 19. The Cricket Board announced that
more practice matches will be played on August 24, 25, 26, 30, 31 and
September 1. 2. 7. and 9.
Arshad Junaid (A), Ranil Dhammika (B)< Malintha Gajanayake (C), Ian
Daniels (D), Jehan Mubarak (E) and Thilina Kandambi (F) will captain
the respective teams.
Source :: The Daily News (https://www.lanka.net/lakehouse/)