Maurice Dela Zilwa, Schools Cricket Coordinator of SLC, Kamal Dharmasiri, Head of National Development Center of the SLC, Lt. Col. Manuja Kariapperuma, Consultant, Women’s Cricket Operations and Development of the SLC, Apsari Tillakaratne, Convener of Women’s Cricket of the SLC hand over the donation to Janaka Priyanath, the Cricket Coach of the Jayasiripura Primary School.
As part of the ongoing women’s cricket development under the ‘Cricket Gamata’ program, Sri Lanka Cricket donated cricket equipment to Jayasiripura Primary School in Polonnaruwa.
The equipment consists of bats, batting helmets, gloves and other necessary items. Apart from the equipment, a matting wicket was also provided to the school.
The donation was handed over to the school recently at the Sri Lanka Cricket headquarters, with the participation of Apsari Tillakaratne, Convener of women’s cricket at the SLC. Lt. Col. Manuja Kariapperuma, Consultant, Women’s Cricket Operations and Development at the SLC and Kamal Dharmasiri, Head of National Development Center of the SLC.
Janaka Priyanath, the cricket coach of the school accepted the donation. According to him, around 50 girls are currently taking part in cricket practices at the school. He also said, for the first time, the school will field a cricket team to play in the upcoming school cricket tournament. Apart from material support, Sri Lanka Cricket also offered a scholarship to the school coach Janaka Priyanath to follow the SLC’s Level 1 Coaching Program.
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