A cricket encounter has been organized in honour of the late Bandula Warnapura, Sri Lanka’s first test cricket captain and the first President and former Patron of the Colonel Henry Steele Olcott Memorial Sports Foundation.
The Bandula Warnapura Memorial Challenge Trophy 2023 will be held at the Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA) Grounds on Saturday, 25th February 2023.
The match is organized by the Colonel Henry Steele Olcott Memorial Sports Foundation (CHSOMSF) and the Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA).
The joint committee appointed to organize this event has made all the preliminary arrangements to conduct the opening ceremony at 9.30 am and to commence the cricket encounter at 10.30 am.
Whilst the cricket mates of the late Bandula Warnapura are being invited to witness the encounter, the former cricketer’s wife, Mrs. Hemali Warnapura, will be the Chief Guest of the event.
Both teams will consist of Bandula Warnapura’s test teammates, South Africa tour mates, and Nalanda College cricket players during his era.
All the players are above 50 years of age, while 1996 cricket world cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga, Hemantha Devapriya, Upul Chandana, Susantha Karunarathne, Aruna de silva, Sudermann De Silva, Ajith Ekanayake, Ashley Rathnayake, Roshan Iddamalgoda, Waruna Waragoda, Adrian Jarkey and few other famous cricketers are also set to participate in the tournament. (NewsWire)