Sri Lanka Cricket’s new stadium undertaking in Colombo, which was once proposed handiest a number of days in the past, has been suspended, following the Sri Lanka govt’s rowing again of its dedication to its building.
Although on Sunday, govt minister Bandula Gunawardana seemed with Sri Lanka Cricket CEO Shammi Silva to announce the development of a 40,000-capacity stadium east of the town, antagonistic public opinion seems to have modified the federal government’s thoughts.
SLC had showed it was once the federal government which had promised to “allocate” the 26 acres the stadium was once meant to be constructed on, and with out this grant, and in particular with out governmental improve, the undertaking is largely useless.
Several former cricketers – in particular former captain Mahela Jayawardene and ex-ICC match-referee Roshan Mahanama – had expressed complaint of the stadium proposal, and it’s those evaluations which seem to have helped trade the federal government’s thoughts at the undertaking.
Jayawardene and Mahanama, along side Kumar Sangakkara, Lasith Malinga and Sanath Jayasuriya, have been all provide at a high-level govt assembly on Thursday, earlier than the verdict to droop the stadium’s building was once introduced.
Colombo already has one floodlit world stadium at Khettarama (the R Premadasa stadium), the place nearly all of the town’s limited-overs cricket is performed. Earlier within the week, an SLC offical had mentioned that Sri Lanka required a 5th primary limited-overs stadium (along with grounds in Hambantota, Pallekele, Dambulla and Khettarama) as a way to make a success bids for approaching World Cups and ICC occasions.
It is known, alternatively, that the ICC hasn’t ever particularly stipulated {that a} country should have positive collection of stadiums as a way to win a bid to host a event, despite the fact that quantity and capability of stadiums is an element within the ICC’s weighing-up of attainable hosts.
Source: www.espncricinfo.com