Cricket Balls for 900 Schools Competing in the Under-13 Inter-School Cricket Tournament
Sri Lanka CricketNews article
Sri Lanka Cricket, in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association, has launched a programme to distribute the cricket balls required by 900 schools across the island competing in the 2026 Under-13 School Cricket Tournament. Accordingly, during the first phase of the programme, cricket balls were presented to 81 schools competing in Under-13 Division I and 84 schools competing in Division II.
The programme was held at the Duncan White Auditorium of the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, with nearly 300 participants representing the relevant schools, including principals, school officials, coaches and teachers in charge of sports.
Participants were also briefed on the new playing conditions, laws and regulations applicable to the 2026 Under-13 School Cricket Tournament.
The main objective of the awareness programme was to ensure consistent implementation of the playing conditions, laws and regulations when conducting school cricket matches, and to communicate the relevant information accurately and efficiently to participating schools across the island.
Nearly 900 schools have registered for the 2026 Under-13 School Cricket Tournament across Divisions I, II and III, and Sri Lanka Cricket will provide the required cricket balls to every participating school.
All participating schools will also be briefed on the new playing conditions, laws and regulations applicable to the tournament.
Travel Grants for 13 Girls’ Schools
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka Cricket also awarded a travel grant of Rs. 250,000 per school to 13 girls’ schools that competed in the Under-19 Girls’ Division I School Cricket Tournament.
The financial assistance was provided to further encourage girls’ school cricket and support its future development.
The event was attended by Mr. Sidath Wettimuny, Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket’s Cricket Committee; Mr. Prabath Indika, Deputy Director of Education (Sports) at the Ministry of Education; Mr. Chinthaka Edirimanne, Head of National Cricket Operations at Sri Lanka Cricket; Mr. Susantha Mendis, President of the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association; Mr. Ruwan Kalpage, Head of the Sri Lanka Cricket High Performance Centre; Mr. Heshan de Mel, Head of its Coach Education Unit; and several other officials.
Based on Sri Lanka Cricket reporting