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Different Discovery Indoor Cricket Academy (www.ddcricket.lk), a purpose-built high performance indoor-cricket centre located close to Colombo International Airport, in the outskirts of Katunayake city opened recently and held its first membership drive recently.
Located at 75, Big City, Peellawatta, Yatiyana, Minuwangoda, it comprises up-to-date features and facilities that provide a high-performance coaching for future Sri Lankan cricketers. Coaches are qualified with ICC Global Levels to provide the finest coaching programs designed for all-levels. They are fortunate to regularly have former national cricketers as guest coaches and advisors to the academy, bringing insightful ideas and coaching tips.
Spacious garden, parking, dining area, coach-room, gear-room, viewing-balcony, parents’ lounge, power training gym, hybrid mountain bikes and modern cricket training-aids are available for new members. Apart from the cricket and fitness training, cycling excursions, mindfulness and meditation, yoga, qigong, zumba, self-defence and dancing classes will be conducted by qualified trainers.
Different Discovery (www.toursrilanka.lk) has been a popular sign in Sri Lankan inbound travel since summer 2009. It was created by two young brothers, Dinesh and Rasith Gunaratna, sustained by three prominent investors – Enrico Harrasser, Morten Berg and Christy Chen Moeller from Copenhagen, Oslo and Shanghai. They’ve been developing sustainable tourism projects in Unawatuna, Riverston and Trincomalee.
Former cricket stars Arjuna Ranatunga and Chaminda Vaas boosted the inaugural membership drive and former first-class-cricketer and bowling coach, Anusha Samarayayake was appointed as the Head Coach and Consultant of the academy. E-mail: [email protected].
