Sri Lankan lawyers Take Wing to Australia

5th Lawyers’ Cricket World Cup

The Sri Lanka Lawyers’ Cricket team took wing to Australia to participate in the Fifth Lawyers’ Cricket World Cup which is currently on in Brisbane, Australia and will end on January 10, 2016.

The Lawyers’ Cricket World Cup is a biennial Cricket competition played between teams of lawyers from all cricket-playing countries. The theme of the tournament is “Cricket for Friendship”

The previous tournaments were held in Hyderabad, India in 2007, Cambridge, England in 2009, Barbados in 2011 and Delhi, India in 2013. The Sri Lanka Lawyers’ Team which participated in the 3rd Lawyers’ Cricket World Cup held in Barbados emerged runners-up.

The World Cup in Australia is widely anticipated to be the greatest ever cricketing spectacle in the world of legal professionals and judges and it is expected to be highly competitive and keenly fought. The event will be witnessed by a great number of distinguished legal luminaries. The matches are being played at College grounds within the University of Queensland and the grand final will be played at the acclaimed Gabba Cricket Grounds in Brisbane.the Sri Lanka Lawyers’ Cricket team who will represent Sri Lanka at the 5th Lawyers’ Cricket World Cup is a well-balanced outfit with a good blend of experience and youth. Manesh Wevita will lead the team for the World Cup and his deputy will be Yushan Tharanga Abeykoon. The team is coached by Upali Senaratne, who is a Level 1 Qualified Cricket Coach of Sri Lanka Cricket. This team comprises mainly of private practitioners with representation from the State Sector as well as the Corporate Sector.

The main sponsor of the Sri Lanka Lawyers’ Cricket team participating in the 5th Lawyers’ Cricket World Cup is Dialog Axiata PLC.-

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