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LANKA Colts cricketers received a big boost with sponsorship being provided by SriLankan Airlines for a Ramadan floodlit event, the team announced this week.

The B team of the Lanka Lions Sports Club has been in existence for over a decade and have reached the final stages of many tournaments in the past.

"This year SriLankan Airlines has come forward to sponsor the Lanka Colts cricket team in the Ramadan tournament which is one of the most popular night events organised by the Sharjah Cricket Council", said a club spokesman.

The team will play under the banner of SriLankan Airlines, Colts and boasts of several former first-class cricketers.

This year the Lanka Colts team is captained by Sanath Jayanetti who has Sri Kanagasabapathy as his deputy.

They also have the services of veteran Darshana Manamperi (Manager/player) and talented Negombo and Colombo all-rounder Maxwell Labrooy, who led the side last season.

The other seniors include Channa Welihinda (wicketkeeper) and Mihira Wijesinghe, who is a powerful hitter of the ball.

They have also got some new blood in allrounders Zaman Jaymon, L. Milroy and Marlon Fernando, who is in good nick.

The SriLankan Airlines Colts team: Sanath Jayanetti (Captain), Sri Kanagasabapathy (vice captain), Darshana Manamperi, Maxwell Labrooy, Channa Welihinda, Mihira Wijesinghe, Niranjan Navaratnarajah, Zaman Jaymon, Nissanka Jayatileke, Marlon Fernando, L.S.A.D. Milroy, Hans White, Jerome Schockman and Sumedha.

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