SL Greats XI vs Team Sri Lanka Çharity Game postponed indefinitely
SL Greats XI vs Team Sri Lanka Çharity Game postponed indefinitely
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COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Cricket on Sunday (02) announced that the ‘Charity Match’ scheduled to be played on the 04th May 2021 at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, between the Sri Lanka Greats XI and Team Sri Lanka, will not go ahead as planned due to the prevailing health situation in the country.
Whilst the Charity Match was aimed at raising funds to help the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, the Management Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket felt it is more prudent to postpone the game, considering the larger picture of the health situation in the country, said SLC.
Monday, 12 April 2021 - 17:54
The new Management Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) appointed by the Sports Minister, Namal Rajapaksa, met the media at SLC headquarters with its Chairman, Professor Arjuna de Silva emphasising that nobody was working to anybody’s agendas, and that he and his committee was there to solely fulfill what was expected of him by the sports minister in the short space of one month in the run up to the May 22 annual general meeting.
Prof de Silva also announced that a T20 Legends match will go on as planned.
He said that would be a good opportunity for the national players to shape up in view of the next T20 World Cup.