Sri Lanka Cricket postpones all domestic events
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Tournament Committee of the Sri Lanka Cricket board has decided to postpone all domestic tournaments indefinitely. Recently, due to the widespread outbreak of Covid-19, the two-match Test series between Sri Lanka and England was called off.
The England cricket team were scheduled to tour Sri Lanka in March 2020 to play two Test matches, starting March 19, as a part of the ICC World Test Championship. The English team played tour matches in Sri Lanka starting March 7. However, on 13 March, it was decided that the two-match Test series was going to get called off. Eventually, both cricket boards agreed to look into rescheduling the fixtures.
As major boards starting from the BCCI to Cricket Australia put a pause on all domestic tournaments, the Sri Lanka Cricket followed suit and have postponed all domestic tournaments until further notice in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Earlier, on Friday, March 20, Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, declared a nation-wide curfew in the country until the morning of March 23 to prevent the spread of the virus. And now, on Saturday, the board have decided to postpone all domestic cricket with them working towards the containing the virus.
"Taking into consideration the prevailing health (COVID-19 Pandemic) situation in the country, the Tournament Committee of the SLC decided to postpone the conducting of all Domestic Tournaments, until further notice," the Sri Lanka Cricket tweeted.
