One hundred and seventy six spinners attend clinic in Kandy

S. M. Jiffrey Abdeen - Kandy Sports Correspondent

CRICKET: One hundred and seventy six (176) young spinners from the Central Region attended the spinners clinic organised by the Sri Lanka Cricket in association with the Central Province Cricket Association held at the Asgiriya Cricket Stadium in Kandy recently.

This spinners clinic was attended by school cricketers and young club cricketers ranging from the ages of 15 to 19 from the districts of Kandy, Kegalle and Nuwara Eliya.

This coaching clinic was handled by former Sri Lanka spinner Roger Wijesuriya, Muttiah Devaraj, Jerome Jayaratne (Head Coach - Max Academy) and was co-ordinated by the Manager Coaching of Sri Lanka Cricket Malcolm Perera. Playing a major role and handling arrangements was the Central Province Cricket Coach Sunil Fernando. Also assisting in the coaching Programme were Chaminda Kodikara, Lakshman Panditharatne, Indika Fernando, Senaka Dissanayake, Suresh Peiris, Ananda Wijesekera, Bernard Perera, Nishan Wasalathanthri, Amila Pinnaduwa, Roland Perera (Regional Selector) and Aubrey Kuruppu.

The young spinners were put through their paces and their flaws corrected and they were also taught how to exploit the conditions in a particular match.

The Manager Coaching - Sri Lanka Cricket Malcolm Perera who co-ordinated this programme said that 11 spinners have been identified for further training and some of them bowled extremely well at the coaching clinic.

The turn out very impressive and fortunately they had a large number of local cricket coaches in hand to handle the situation. This programme which was organised by Sunil Fernando in his capacity as the Central Province Coach was a roaring success. They intend to conduct more similar coaching camps in the future.