SLC donates cricket equipment to another 252 schools

The Kandy District schools with officials who distributed the equipment. (Seated from left): Kandy District Cricket Association (KDCA) President Roland Perera, KDCA Secretary and SLC Central Province Cricket Association Executive Committee Member Janaka Pathirana, and School Cricket Association Representative Nuwan Samaranayake

Sri Lanka Cricket yesterday distributed cricket equipment to 252 schools, covering 19 districts in the country, under its newly launched program under the National Pathway to promote school cricket.

Accordingly, schools playing in the ongoing U15 tournament conducted by the Schools Cricket Association in collaboration with Sri Lanka Cricket were donated with cricket equipment.

Schools in the districts of Galle, Jaffna, Matara, Hambantota, Ratnapura, Kegalle, Nuwara Eliya, Badulla, Moneragala, Kurunegala, Matale, Kandy, Puttalam, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Ampara, Batticaloa, Trincomalee, and Kilinochchi were granted cricket playing equipment.

The equipment given consists of three bats, two helmets, three pairs of batting pads and gloves, wicket-keeping pads and gloves, thigh pads and a team cricket bag for each school. Apart from the donations made yesterday, 145 schools in the Western Province were also given the donation during two programs held on 28 January and 2 February at the Duncan White Auditorium of the Ministry of Youth and Sports. This program conducted under the National Pathway of Sri Lanka Cricket also donated cricket equipment to 50 girls’ schools playing in the U19 school cricket competition. Apart from the donation of cricketing equipment, Sri Lanka Cricket has also developed cricketing infrastructure across schools in the country.  Among the work done includes the construction of 200 concrete (practice) wickets, 50 side turf practice wickets, 25 centre turf wickets, distribution of 400 mattings, 300 turf rollers, etc.