No international cricket stadium in Jaffna

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By Sa’adi Thawfeeq

The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Transformation Committee has decided that no international cricket stadium will be constructed in Jaffna.

“We don’t have the funds at this point in time to invest in an international cricket stadium, even in Jaffna or in any part of the world. Our review of the originally reviewed project is beyond the scope of SLC. We don’t have the current financial strength to complete it,” said Transformation Committee Secretary Prakash Schaffter.

“We are committed to having a cricket ground in Jaffna but we are reviewing the extent to which we want to invest in the project in the light of our current funding capacities. The project at the moment is underway. We have to review the final scope of the project we want to have as opposed to the original project of an international stadium, a sports city, a housing project etc., which we feel we cannot consider at this stage purely because of the magnitude and the reality of the available funding that we have at SLC,” he added.