Australia Tour of SL – Sri Lanka Cricket: Cash-strapped, running out of essentials, Sri Lanka Cricket is in dire crisis. To save the Australia Tour, Sri Lanka Cricket is mulling a change in the timings of the match. The reason is acute power cuts in the island nation. However, even change in timing may not be able to save the tour and a decision will be taken within the next 48 hours. Follow SL vs AUS Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
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Australia Tour of SL: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka Cricket mulls only Day games to protect matches from power-cuts, decision in next 48 hours – Follow Live Updates
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Australia Tour of SL: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka Cricket mulls only Day games to protect matches from power-cuts, decision in next 48 hours – Follow Live Updates
The situation in Sri Lanka hasn’t improved with the country still facing shortages of essentials and fuel. That has created a crisis in generating power with Sri Lankans facing up to 12 hours of power cuts a day.
To save the games from those unscheduled powercuts, the SLC is mulling a change in the timings of the proposed Day-Night games to prevent further embarrassment. While both SLC and Cricket Australia are eager to go ahead with the tour, the fate of the series hangs in balance.
“At present the tour will go on as planned. We will be looking at the developments in the next couple of days and decide what to do,” Mohan de Silva, the secretary of SLC, told Cricbuzz.
“Whether day or day-night game is up to the host nation. There is no change to the status of the tour. Our head of security confirms that there are no concerns about the tour proceeding as scheduled from either side. The squad will arrive (in Sri Lanka) in June,” a Cricket Australia spokesperson confirmed to Cricbuzz.
Australia Tour of SL: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka Cricket mulls only Day games to protect matches from power-cuts, decision in next 48 hours – Follow Live Updates
- There is a crisis of food, essentials and fuel in the country due to a financial emergency.
- Even though SLC has its own generators, with fuel shortages, they are not able to guarantee whether a Day/Night clash can go ahead.
- A lengthy tour will need players to be moved around in team busses and the fuel shortage is such that, it could become difficult to even get fuel for busses.
- A final decision will be taken in this regard in the next 48 hours.
- If the series does not go ahead, SLC will lose $1 million in revenue that it could generated even after paying for all services.
Australia Tour of SL: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka Cricket mulls only Day games to protect matches from power-cuts, decision in next 48 hours – Follow Live Updates
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While officially both CA and SLC are optimistic about the tour, internally, they aren’t as confident. Both boards discussed a plan to move the series to the UAE but with the temperature hitting 50 degrees Celsius mark, the idea was abandoned.
The tour is estimated to generate about $3 million in revenues from ground advertising, media rights and broadcasting rights. After all expenditures, the SLC can still keep $1 million which will be a significant chunk considering the country’s foreign reserve is only at $50 million.
Australia Tour of SL: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka Cricket mulls only Day games to protect matches from power-cuts, decision in next 48 hours – Follow Live Updates
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