Ceylon Leather joins MTV/MBC to Set Guinness World Record

Ceylon Leather – a member of the reputed ERI Group of Companies – is out to set a Guinness world record by manufacturing the largest leather cricket ball in the world to coincide with the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, the biggest ever sporting event in Sri Lanka. This unique leather ball has been on display at Sri Lanka’s inaugural match at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium at Hambantota.   

Ceylon Leather, a company synonymous with creativity and innovation together with MBC and MTV — Sri Lanka’s one of the most dynamic private sector electronic media companies — have come forward to pledge its support to our very own cricketing heroes at the ICC World Cup Tournament by wishing them good luck in a most innovative manner while bringing together the thousands of ardent fans of the Sri Lanka Cricket team.

The ball which is made to international standards of a leather cricket ball, has as its core twine thread wound into a ball by the fans at different locations that the ball has travelled to, and has been blessed with chanting of pirith to invoke the blessings of the triple gem.

The world’s largest ever leather cricket ball has travelled around the country covering all provinces courtesy of MBC and MTV, where cricket fans wound the twine to make it into a giant ball.



The largest cricket ball of its kind has its exclusive leather cover manufactured and sewn to international standards at Ceylon Leather’s state of the art manufacturing facility at Balummahara on the request of MBC and MTV whose unique initiative created much excitement and momentum amongst enthusiastic cricket fans.

“We are a company with many innovations to our credit, and being able to innovate around one of the most loved sports in Sri Lanka – cricket – coinciding with the ICC World Cup is indeed a significant achievement which unites thousands of fans all over the country, who together with Ceylon Leather wish our cricketers good luck” said Sitendra Senaratne, Managing Director, Ceylon Leather.

“Sri Lanka will be able to showcase its inimitable talents to the rest of the world again. We are confident that our cricketers will bring fame with victory to our motherland,” he added.

“We wanted to put Sri Lanka on the world map by recording the world’s largest cricket ball in the Guinness Book of World Records, through our One Nation One Cup campaign. In this venture we approached Ceylon Leather— Sri Lanka’s leading leather manufacturer — to partner with us. Ceylon Leather used their expertise and experience in manufacturing to complete the production of the leather cover according to specifications provided,” said Needra Weerasinghe, Group Director, The Capital Maharaja Organisation.

“Today the giant ball stands at five-and-a-half ft. with a circumference of 17ft and 9 inches. We would like to thank Ceylon Leather for partnering with us to make this venture possible,” she added.

Ceylon Leather manufactures and markets quality leatherwear for the consumer market and recently launched its own exclusive designer collection targeting the high end clientele.

Ceylon Leather is a member of the reputed Environmental Resources Investment Plc (ERI) family. ERI strives to be a socially responsible business entity which firmly believes in the positive and far-reaching effects of good governance policies. ERI provides financial management, strategic guidance and strong management discipline to help re-structure companies and make good companies even better.