Sri Lanka President orders the best team to be selected for 2011 Cricket World Cup

Sri Lanka President orders the best team to be selected for 2011 Cricket World Cup

 A meeting presided by President Mahinda Rajapaksa was held at Temple Trees today (04) to discuss the 2011 Cricket World Cup to be held in Sri Lanka. The current standard of the playgrounds and matches to be played were discussed. Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage, Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket D. S. De Silva and several other officials participated.

Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday (January 4, 2011) directed Sri Lankan Cricket (SLC) to select the best players for the upcoming 2011 Cricket Word Cup.

At a meeting chaired by President Rajapaksa held at Temple Trees to discuss the arrangements of World Cup held this year, SLC officials were directed not to select players based on whims and fancies of various decision-makers but to appoint the squad out of the best fifteen players. Current standards of the playgrounds and matches to be played were also discussed.

It had been decided that the 15-member squad would be selected after the premier league matches are concluded. Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage, SLC Chairman D. S. De Silva and several other officials participated.

Newly constructed international cricket stadium at Sooriyawewa in Hambanthota District, the refurbished Pallekele (Kandy) and R Premadasa (Colombo) stadiums are the three venues in the island for the 2011 World Cup. Sri Lanka, along with India will be hosting the international event.

Last year, the International Cricket Council (ICC) visited the venues in Sri Lanka that are slated to hold the matches of the World Cup 2011 tournament and expressed their satisfaction on the progress.

- Asian Tribune -