Cricket: Greater Toronto Area Schools to tour Sri Lanka

A combined cricket team representing the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) schools has come down to Sri Lanka to engage in a 12-day tour to play six one day matches and a Twenty20 tournament.   This tour part of a larger Toronto youth initiative titled Cricket Across the Pond (CAP) aimed at introducing cricket as a vehicle to reach out to youth and enhance social cohesion and interaction among young people.   The programme uses cricket to build great sportsmanship, bridge cultural, ethnic and social divides and serve as a medium that empowers and unites the vastly diverse communities across the GTA.   The CAP program is a partnership initiative between the City of Toronto and the Canadian Branch of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).   Tour itinerary June 30: Vs Canadian High Commission at NCC Grounds July 1: Vs St. Benedict's College at St. Benedict's College July 2: Vs Foundation of Goodness - Youth team at FoG ground Hikkaduwa July 3: Vs Piliyandala Central College at Piliyandala July 4: Vs St. Sebastian's College at Moratuwa July 7 and 8: Jaffna schools T20 Tournament at St. Patick's College Jaffna July 10: Vs Kingswood College at Kingswood Ground Kandy