Sri Lanka Cricket brings sport to underprivileged villagers, schoolchildren

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has recently launched a program to donate cricket equipment to over 650 schools across Sri Lanka to promote cricket and give children the opportunity to practice the sport.

The program will donate cricket equipment to schools playing in the Under-13 and Under-15 tournaments conducted by the Schools Cricket Association in collaboration with Sri Lanka Cricket. Fifty schools playing in the Under-19 Women’s Cricket Tournament will be direct beneficiaries of the program.

The SLC former vice-president K. Mathivanan said this gesture is “remarkable” and highlighted that the SLC has undertaken similar projects in the past, noting that such projects are highly important for schoolchildren whose schools cannot afford to provide cricket equipment.