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| Sunday, 17 October 2004 |
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'Give non turf-wicket schools a chance to show capabilities' - Schools secretary by RANJAN ANANDAPPA The Sri Lanka School Cricket Association (SLSCA) in their endeavour to develop the game has made another change in the tournament format during the current school cricket season. The Association had decided to scrap off the points system and play games as friendlies like in the past which created higher standards and produced top schoolboy cricketers. Now the SLSCA has created the opportunity for lesser known schools to play against popular schools. There are 18 schools posessing turf pitches in the island and the SLSCA has requested them to accommodate two lesser known schools without turf pitches to play against them which will give the school the opportunity to play on turf strips. The Secretary of the SLSCA B.S. Perera said that the whole concept is to produce better cricketers for the future. " The purpose of taking off the points system and the groupings is for the betterment of the game and why not go a bit further by giving a chance for schools without turf pitches," he asked. " Most of the schoolboys from the rural areas do not get the feel of a turf pitch and with the 18 turf playing schools giving two non-turf playing ones turf fixtures will give 36 teams, the opportunity to play cricket at a high school level," said B.S. Perera. Royal College, Colombo has been already pitted to play Meepaweala Central at Reid Avenue and D.S. Senanayake College is scheduled to take on Tissa Central at Wijerama Mawatha on their turf wickets. School cricket had hit rock bottom in so many years because of the blind sighted attitude or the experiments made by the SLSCA authorities.
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