da gbg bet： The Indoor Cricket Association of Sri Lanka played their inauguraleight-a-side match on Saturday at Thalawathugoda, Colombo
Charlie Austin12-May-2001The Indoor Cricket Association of Sri Lanka played their inauguraleight-a-side match on Saturday at Thalawathugoda, Colombo. Sanath Jayasuriya’s ‘Dream’ team, which was stacked full of players from the national side,defeated a Romesh Kaluwitharana XI that included Arjuna Ranatunga and HashanTillakaratne.Kaluwitharana – Director of Austasia Sports, an Australian backed companywho are constructing the sports complex and promoting the game in SriLanka – expects the fast indoor game to catch on in Sri Lanka. He said that30 teams have already confirmed their participation in a corporate indoorcricket tournament.The game itself is fast, frantic and very hot in the small netted playingarea. Each side has eight players, all of whom have to bat and bowl. Batsmenplay in pairs and each pair is given four overs. They cannot be dismissed,but five runs are deducted from the total when a wicket falls.The five run penalty rule makes for an exciting climax, but nearly costJayasuriya’s team dear as Russel Arnold and Mahela Jayawardene were run outfrequently having needed just a handful of runs to overhaul the 66 runtarget when the last quarter of the innings began.