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Tony Opatha opens Academy with Moors

Former Sri Lanka cricketer (before the country obtained full membership of the ICC), Tony Opatha, has opened his own Cricket Academy in partnership with the Moors Sports Club which is to be opened before mid November.

Opatha represented Sri Lanka for nearly 13 years including two World Cups in 1975 and 1979. He says that he “regrets very much” the South African episode, which saw him and several other cricketers being banned from the game. He said it was a rush of young blood.

The Moors SC-Tony Opatha International Cricket Academy, will have Lanthra Fernando as its Head Coach with S. K. Paranavithana (Assistant Head Coach), Luxman Ranasinghe (Coach) and Manjula Rajakaruna (Coach) to assist Opatha himself, who is the Chairman cum Executive Director.

The “Academy” has also named five top administrators of the sport and former cricketers as their Cricket Ambassadors. They are Ana Punchihewa, Mohan de Silva, Aravinda de Silva, Hashan Tillekeratne and Sidath Wettimuny.

Opatha said that the Academy will provide an unique opportunity for young cricketers to develop their talent and that they hope to have about 500 to 600 youngsters who could enjoy the facilities provided by the President of Moors, Shafeeq Rajabdeen, and the Committee. Rajabdeen is a dynamic personality and Opatha says that he is thankful to the former.

Opatha further said that he hopes to negotiate and have the services of cricketers in the calibre of Mahela Jayawardene, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Kumar Dharmasena, Malinga Bandara and Chamara Kapugedera to encourage the youngsters with advice from time to time.

He said that he also hopes to arrange teams in the Under-13, 15, 17 and 19 from countries like India, Pakistan, Singapore, Malaysia, Bangladesh, England, Ireland, Holland, Denmark, South Africa, Barbados (in the West Indies), Australia and New Zealand to visit Sri Lanka for matches with his Academy in the near future.

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