Regardless of hail prediction of various depth over the upcoming fortnight right here, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) officers on Wednesday remained constructive about protecting the R Premadasa Stadium able for the Asia Cup Tremendous 4 fits and the name collision. The Sri Lanka-leg of Tremendous 4 level will get started with a fit between the hosts and Bangladesh on September 9, adopted through the much-awaited sport between Bharat and Pakistan on September 10. The general can be performed on September 17.
“Yes, the predictions are for the rain. We had rains here this morning too, and it has made the wicket and areas near it a bit wet.
“The outfield too has soaked in a just right quantity of H2O. However we’re operating juiceless, and we’re assured of making ready the garden in generation for the fits,” said Godfrey Dabrera, the national curator of SLC.
There were speculations of Super 4 matches and final getting moved out of Colombo because of the inclement weather, before the Asian Cricket Council decided to stick with the original choice of venue.
Dabrera was confident that his team could handle the situations at any ground.
“All of the 3 towns (Colombo, Pallekele and Hambantota) are experiencing hail. However we have now assembled round 100 individuals, and we’re readying pitches in all 3 venues,” Dabrera said.
“We’ve got been instructed that the fits are right here, so we’re making ready accordingly. However I will say that every one 3 venues can host fits, if a necessity arises,” he added.
Dabrera said he has visited all the three venues personally to oversee the preparations.
He said rain ahead of matches does not give them as much headache as showers during a match.
However, Dabrera said it would have helped him had the Met department given the forecast well in advance.
“Raindrops all over the fit is hard to top as we need to wait until it subsides. However we will be able to handiest do that a lot when the Met section supplies handiest 12 days of forecast in move.
“We have received the next 12 days of weather updates only today from them. Hope, we had that a few days ago,” he stated.
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