da apostaganha: Sri Lankan vice-captain, Marvan Atapattu, has been appointed as the captainof his club, Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC), for the forthcoming domesticseason
da bet7: Rex Clementine03-Jul-2001Sri Lankan vice-captain, Marvan Atapattu, has been appointed as the captainof his club, Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC), for the forthcoming domesticseason. The decision to appoint Atapattu was arrived at the SSC’s recentAnnual General Meeting.Atapattu, who started to play for SSC still as a schoolboy in 1988 has doneexceptionally well for his club. He has scored close to 10,000 runs in firstclass cricket with an average of 51.91 and has scored more than 30 hundreds.This is the first time the Sri Lankan opener has been appointed as thecaptain of the star studded SSC side, who were led by middle order batsman,Hemantha Wickramarathne, last season.The secretary of the Sinhalese Sports Club, Ranjith Erigama, speaking toCricInfo said that the appointment was acknowledgement of Atapattu’sseniority in the side.In reality, however, Atapattu will rarely lead the side because ofinternational commitments and someone else will be entrusted with thecaptaincy during most of the domestic season, which starts at the end of theyear.






