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| Monday, 3 January 2005 |
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School cricket season to be extended by Chris Dhambarage The current inter school cricket season is likely to be extended by at least one month after the tsunami disaster played havoc with most of the schools situated along the coastal area. The Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association have set the deadline as February 3 for the completion of league matches at which point all schools must complete a minimum of eight matches to be eligible for the limited overs knock-out tournament. However with the present crisis it is unlikely that schools in these areas could be able to meet the demand set by the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association. The limited overs knock-out tournament is scheduled to start on March 16 with the first round matches and the final is scheduled for April 3. The schools that have been severely effected by the destruction are Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda, Sri Devananda College Ambalangoda, Mahinda College, Richmond College, St. Aloysius College, Vidyaloka MV Galle, St. Servatius College and Sri Rahula College Matara. In fact Mahinda College were going through their final training session last Sunday at the Galle Stadium ahead of their first eleven fixture against Royal College which was scheduled for December 28 and 29 in Colombo. The entire team and coach H. Munasinghe survived the destruction by finding shelter at the pavilion of the Galle International Stadium. The St. Aloysius College first eleven team which had arrived at the Galle Stadium for their fixture against a visiting England team also suffered the same fate with all their cricketing equipment being swept away by the tidal waves. St. Aloysius College have so far played six matches in the current inter school cricket season against S. Thomas' College Mount Lavinia, Trinity College Kandy, Raddoluwa MV, Lumbini MV and Isipatana College. However some of their players have seen their houses being washed away and are still recovering from that terrible experience. Mahinda College have only played three matches in the current inter school cricket season against S. Thomas' College Mount Lavinia, Ananda College and S. Thomas' Matara. With many of their players too being affected by the tidal waves now they are very much contemplating a way of putting things back on the right direction. Meanwhile the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association has called an emergency meeting on Wednesday to decide the future of the current inter school cricket tournament. A spokesman for the Association said that many schools which were not affected by the tsunami disaster have postponed their matches and are likely to recommence from next week. |
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