da casino： With parliamentary elections now scheduled for December 5 the Board ofControl for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) has been forced to rescheduleitineraries for the West Indies three-Test tour of Sri Lanka and the one-dayinternational triangular which
Sa'adi Thawfeeq17-Oct-2001With parliamentary elections now scheduled for December 5 the Board ofControl for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) has been forced to rescheduleitineraries for the West Indies three-Test tour of Sri Lanka and the one-dayinternational triangular which follows.BCCSL Interim Committee Coordinating Secretary Kushil Gunaskera said Tuesdaythat the Cricket Board have been advised by the police to avoid playingmatches three days prior and three days after the election date.”We had a pre-tour police briefing at Police headquarters where the DIGs andthe SSPs covering all the divisions where the matches are scheduled to beplayed were present,” said Gunasekera.”They made these recommendations to us and we are now in the process ofrearranging some of the matches closer to the date of the election,” hesaid.The matches that are likely to be affected are the second Test at the SSC,which may have to be brought forward by a day (starting on November 21instead of 22) and the third Test at the Asgiriya International Stadium,Kandy which may start on November 28 and end on December 2 instead ofDecember 4.Also matches of the one-day international triangular involving Sri Lanka,West Indies and Zimbabwe and the practice matches may also have to bealtered.The tournament is scheduled to commence on December 8 in Kandy with thefinal on December 19 in Colombo. Zimbabwe and West Indies are also scheduledto play one-day practice matches on December 2, 5 and 6 in Kandy prior tothe commencement of the tournament.Gunasekera said the Kandy matches may have to be rescheduled for a laterdate.During the November 1994 general elections, the second Test between SriLanka and Pakistan was cancelled reducing the series to two Tests.