Sri Lanka’s opening 2011 ICC World Cup warm up match against Netherlands is likely to be shifted to Colombo due to the prevailing weather conditions in Kandy.
The match is scheduled to be played at the reconstructed Pallekele International Stadium on February 12. ICC Tournament Director for Sri Lanka Suraj Dandeniya stated that their intentions are to play the match at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Sooriyawewa, Hambanthota.
But as the weather conditions has not yet improved in that area as well the second option is to play the match in Colombo with the venue to be decided later. Sri Lanka’s second warm up match will be against the West Indies on February 15 at the R. Premadasa Stadium.
Meanwhile Kenya are scheduled to play their World Cup warm up match against Netherlands on February 15 at the Pallekele International Stadium and this game too is likely to be shifted to Colombo if the weather does not improve
during the next couple of days.
The 2011 World Cup warm up fixtures: February 12: Kenya v West Indies at R. Premadasa Stadium, February 12: Bangladesh v Canada at Chittagong, February 12: South Africa v Zimbabwe at Chennai, February 12: Sri Lanka v Netherlands
at Pallekele, February 12: Ireland v New Zealand at Nagpur, February 13: India v Australia at Bangalore, February 15: Ireland v Zimbabwe at Nagpur, February 15: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Mirpur, February 15: Australia v South Africa at Bangalore, February 15: Kenya v Netherlands at Pallekele, February
16: Canada v England at Dhaka, February 16: Sri Lanka v West Indies at R. Premadasa Stadium, February 16: India v New Zealand at Chennai, February 18: England v Pakistan at Dhaka. (C.D)