Desert Cubs play matches in Lanka

A team of cricketers who had not seen Sri Lanka though they were born as Sri Lankans visited Colombo and Kandy to play a series of cricket matches in Sri Lanka.

The team 'Desert Cubs' consists of 40 members and 110 parents, accompanied them. The first match was played at Lyceum College, Nugegoda for the Alison Silva Championship shield. Then they played two matches at the Lionel Mendis Academy and visited Kandy to play two matches against Trinity College and two games against St. Anthony's College, Kandy.

The 'Desert Cubs' cricket team is from UAE. This team was looking forward for the trip to Sri Lanka after the defeat of terrorism. The Co-ordinator is Amazing Sri Lanka Holidays Managing Director Lionel Perera and the Manager of the team is Keerthi de Silva.

The team was not much interested in playing many matches, but were keen to help needy cricket players and also Ranaviru families. A donation of rupees two lakhs towards Ranaviru families was made to Anoma Rajapaksa and a donation of one and a half lakhs of rupees was made to Kushil Gunasekara Foundation for children.

George Hettiarachchi of the Desert Cub Academy said that they learnt that the country was free from terrorism when they left UAE.