Sri Lanka's ace spinner Muttaiah Muralitharan who took a haul of 16 wickets in the recent one off Test match against England at Lord's will be felicitated by the Colombo Kamban Kazahagam on Friday at the Ramakrishna Hall, Wellawatte.
This felicitation ceremony will be held under the patronage of D. Eassuwaran Consul for the Republic of Mauritius in Sri Lanka. The chief guest for this occasion will be Arjuna Ranatunga captain of the Sri Lanka cricket team and the guest of honour will be Justice C.V.Vigneswaran.
The special guests will be the Minister of Live Stock Development and Rural Industries S.Thondaman, Minister of Local Government and Provincial Council S.Alavi Moulana and M.H.M.Ashraff Minister of Port and Shipping, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction.
Sussex University suffer second defeat
The visiting Sussex University cricket team suffered their second defeat on the 1998 tour of Sri Lanka when they lost to Gampaha District Under-19 team by 71 runs in their one day limited over tour match played at the Air Force Grounds, Katunayake last evening.
Batting first, the home team made 230 for 8 in 47 overs with Sanjeev Arangalle (53), Ranga Dias (43) and Mohammed Khan (37) making the chief contributions. In reply, Sussex University team was shot out for 159 in 46 overs. M. Tharaka and N. Gunatillake had three wickets each for the Gampaha District team.
Scores:
Gampaha District - 230 for 8 in 47 overs. (S. Arangalle 53, R. Dias 43, M. Khan 37, L. Chintana 19, C. Delpachitra 16, A. Salma 3 for 19).
University of Sussex: 159 in 46 overs. (A. Salman 39, C. Austin 32, W. Chen 19, R. Dilhara 3 for 13, M. Tharaka 3 for 23, N. Gunatillake 3 for 27). (D.W.)