Sri Lanka Cricket is driven by a single, all encompassing vision:
to make Sri Lanka the best cricket playing nation in the world in both forms of the game. Great progress has been made since Sri Lanka’s inaugural Test against England in 1982, including a World Cup win in 1996, but the fulfillment of our ambition will require dynamic leadership and much hard work over the coming years.
The achievement of excellence at the international level demands that Sri Lanka Cricket employs the best possible support staff and trainers for our players and offers them international standard training facilities.
To this end, Sri Lanka Cricket secured the services of former Australia batsman John Dyson in Sept 2003 as national team coach on an initial 20-month contract. John, a highly qualified assistant coach at New South Wales for two years from 1996 to 1998, brings with him considerable experience of the latest coaching techniques and technological aids.
World cricket has changed dramatically during the past decade. The physical demands on the players are now immense. Sri Lanka Cricket therefore also decided to appoint a team physiotherapist, Paul Klarenaar, and a separate full-time fitness trainer, Shane Duff. Paul was based at the New South Wales Institute of Sport from 1995 to 2003. Shane, a Grade I cricketer and former professional rugby league player, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Human Movement Studies from the Australian Catholic University, Sydney.
The international team will also be offered support and guidance from Champika Ramanayake, a full-time fast bowling coach, and Oshadee Weerasinghe, a full-time spin bowling coach.
Sri Lanka Cricket is also taking steps to ensure that our players can benefit from world-class training facilities. Five international venues – Premadasa, SSC, Galle, Pallakelle (under construction) and Dambulla – have been identified for special development work over the coming years. A cricket academy and training facility has been developed at Premadasa International Stadium. A special High Performance Training Centre, called The Cricket Campus, is also in the pipeline.
To help bridge the gap between domestic and international cricket, and to speed up the development of our upcoming players, a new intensive program for the A team and Under-19 has been agreed. The A team will undertake a total of 15 tours or series over the coming 5 years, an unprecedented level of international exposure that we hope will better prepare our young players for the highest level.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Sri Lanka Culture is fascinating. The Yaksha and Naga tribes Civilized before 300 B.C. using agriculture and irrigation, Nourished from the Buddhism in early 2nd Century B.C. and also influenced by Indian invasions and going through Portuguese, Dutch and British rule, Sri Lankan Culture is diverse like it's Natural Heritage.
Known as the Smiling People though out the world Sri Lankans enjoy a unique life style that's humble, artistic, entertaining and touching someone's heart with Sri Lanka hospitality known for centuries. The intimate connection between Society and Buddhism as well as traditional forms of Art, Dance and Music are the fusion of the Sri Lanka Cultiure
In the early 19th century The British rule introduced democracy, modern education, legal and commercial agriculture system. Sri Lanka now is a mirror of it's own ancient and modern cultures diverse from it's cities to far villages across the tiny island.
Social Diversity of Sri Lankans can be explained as people involoved in software engineering International markets as well as traditional farmers using baffolas for to work in the paddy fields.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Ayubowan - (You May Live Long)
Ayubowan - (You May Live Long)
Travel to Sri Lanka and make your dream Holiday come true! Holiday in Sri Lanka is ideal if you're looking forward to have fun, enjoy the sunshine and frolic in white sandy beaches. If you want to do bird watching, see wildlife paying a visit to Ceylon (as Sri Lanka known in back in time) will be a holiday you'll never forget.
If you want to try out eco tourism tour, Sri Lanka is a marvelous place to spend your vacation. Sri Lanka is one place where you could be in harmony with nature like in no other place. By spending your holiday in Sri Lanka you'll get so much of entertainment out of cheaper trip. A Holiday in Sri Lanka means that you'll have loads of fun, experience a unique culture & heritage at a very affordable price.
Travel to Sri Lanka and make your dream Holiday come true! Holiday in Sri Lanka is ideal if you're looking forward to have fun, enjoy the sunshine and frolic in white sandy beaches. If you want to do bird watching, see wildlife paying a visit to Ceylon (as Sri Lanka known in back in time) will be a holiday you'll never forget.
If you want to try out eco tourism tour, Sri Lanka is a marvelous place to spend your vacation. Sri Lanka is one place where you could be in harmony with nature like in no other place. By spending your holiday in Sri Lanka you'll get so much of entertainment out of cheaper trip. A Holiday in Sri Lanka means that you'll have loads of fun, experience a unique culture & heritage at a very affordable price.
Ceylon the Small Miracle
(Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka) and known as Ceylon 1972, is an island country in South Asia, a nation of which it shares common culture, language and religion.
As a result of its location in the path of major sea routes, Sri Lanka is a strategic naval link between West Asia and South East Asia.[citation needed] It has also been a center of the Buddhist religion and culture from ancient times and is one of the few remaining abodes of Buddhism in South Asia, including Ladakh, Bhutan and the Chittagong Hill Tracts, as well as being a bastion of Hinduism,The Sinhalese community forms the majority of the population; , Other communities include Tamils, Moors, Burghers, Kaffirs, Malays and the indigenous Vedda people.
The country is famous for the production and export of tea, coffee, coconuts, rubber and cinnamon - which is native to the country.The natural beauty of Sri Lanka's tropical forests, beaches and landscape, as well as its rich cultural heritage, make it a world famous tourist destination.
After over two thousand years of rule by local kingdoms, parts of Sri Lanka were colonized by Portugal and the Netherlands beginning in the 16th century, before control of the entire country was ceded to the British Empire in 1815. During World War II, Sri Lanka served as an important base for Allied forces in the fight against the Japanese Empire.A nationalist political movement arose in the country in the early 20th century with the aim of obtaining political independence, which was eventually granted by the British after peaceful negotiations in 1948.
So the tropical Sensation in Sri LAnka is the best place that you should Select 1st for your vacation.
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