Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has decided to provide relief to the affected segments of the cricketing community with the sport coming to a standstill due to the coronavirus.
Accordingly, SLC’s Executive Committee took a decision to grant its member clubs (which maintain cricket grounds) a sum of Rs. 100,000, each, for the months of March and April, 2020 to help upkeep the standards of the cricketing venues and infrastructure facilities
District Cricket Associations will also be given a grant of Rs. 150,000 in order to help uplift the livelihood of the players of the district squads and its managerial staff, who are facing financial difficulties due to the current situation.
Under this measure, 11 member clubs (which maintain cricket grounds) and 26 District Cricket Associations will receive financial grants.
In the meantime SLC also provided a monetary advance of Rs. 780,000 to the Umpires Association of Sri Lanka, as a relief measure according to a media statement.