Cricket tourists set off
NZPA Colombo An official Sri Lankan cricket team containing 10 of the national side which toured India earlier this year left Colombo yesterday to play in Zimbabwe. The.tour coincides with a two-month visit to neighbouring South Africa by 14 rebel Sri Lankan players who went there in defiance of a Government ban and have been suspended from test and domestic cricket for 25 vears. The official team is cap-
tained by the dashing batsman. Diileep Mendis, who scored a century in each of the innings in the test against India last month. He replaces Bandula Warnapura who led the side in India but was dropped from the captaincy last month for poor batting form and is now captaining the rebel side in South Africa. The official team will play seven matches during its three-week tour of Zimbabwe including two unofficial tests and three one-day internationals.
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Press, 26 October 1982, Page 40
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