Reply To:
Name - Reply Comment
Last Updated : 2024-04-20 12:41:00
Sri Lanka cricketers commenced there week-long training at the Pallekele training centre on Wednesday ahead of team’s three-match Test tour to the Caribbeans.
The national team will leave to West Indies on May 25 to play three Test matches–their first tour to the Caribbeans in 10 years. The training camp will be held at the Pallekele training center and will conclude on May 16.
The first Test begins on June 6 in Port of Spain followed by second Test in St. Lucia on June 14 and the third on June 23 in Barbados.
The national cricketers are among those domestic players currently honing their skills in the Super Fours Provincial tournament and joined the national team training on Even though the selectors have named a 22-man member preliminary squad for the training, Sri Lanka Cricket is yet to officially announced the team.
Meanwhile Sri Lanka Cricket has hired two Australians–Tim McCaskil and Peter Sleep as fast bowling and spin bowling consultants ahead of the tour and will be part of the training camp.
While McCaskil–the high performance manager of Victoria Cricket will work with fast bowlers and coaches during his two-week stint, Sleep–a former wrist spinner will help spinners and coaches.
With team manager Asanka Gurusinha taking over as Chief Cricket Operations Officer, SLC is yet to name a replacement.
Sri Lanka recorded their first-ever Test victory against West Indies during their last tour to the Caribbeans in 2008 but hosts fought back to level the two-match series 1-all in the second match.
Add comment
Comments will be edited (grammar, spelling and slang) and authorized at the discretion of Daily Mirror online. The website also has the right not to publish selected comments.
Reply To:
Name - Reply Comment
On March 26, a couple arriving from Thailand was arrested with 88 live animal
According to villagers from Naula-Moragolla out of 105 families 80 can afford
Is the situation in Sri Lanka so grim that locals harbour hope that they coul
A recent post on social media revealed that three purple-faced langurs near t
10 Feb 2023 - 1 - 884
24 Jun 2019 - 0 - 2319
20 Jun 2019 - 0 - 1315
03 Jun 2019 - 0 - 1263
23 Oct 2020 - 0 - 921
29 Jul 2020 - 0 - 956
03 Jul 2020 - 0 - 3403
05 Jun 2019 - 0 - 2246