da fezbet： The three-day match between the touring Indian team and Sri Lanka A,scheduled to be played from July 8 to 10, has been shifted fromUyanwatta Stadium in Matara to the P
Rex Clementine30-Jul-2001The three-day match between the touring Indian team and Sri Lanka A,scheduled to be played from July 8 to 10, has been shifted fromUyanwatta Stadium in Matara to the P. Sara Stadium in Colombo. Thismatch is the only first class game of the Indian side ahead of thethree match Test series against Sri Lanka.The chairman of the Tour Organising Committee, Kushil Gunasekaraspeaking to CricInfo said the decision was made upon the request ofthe Indian team management.The manager of the Indian team, AN Mate, explaining the request, saidthat it was due to the security concerns of the players after theterrorist attack at the airport in Katunayake.Meanwhile, rumours that the first Test match scheduled to be played atthe Galle International Stadium will not go ahead were dismissed bythe venue manager of the Galle International Stadium, JayanandaWarnaweera, who assured CricInfo that the Test will go ahead withoutany interruption.There were rumours that certain parties affiliated to the previousexecutive committee were trying to sabotage the first Test as aprotest for shifting the matches of the Coca-Cola Cup from Dambulla.