AS PRESIDENT OF LANKA LIONS DUBAI, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF HOSTING THE SRI LANKA NATIONAL CRICKET TEAM LED BY DULEEP MENDIS AND ARJUNA RANATUNGA AS DEPUTY AND THE SL CRICKET BOARD OFFICIALS WITH THEIR WIVES … THE WONDERFUL SURPRISE WAS WHEN THE LEGENDARY UMPIRES – DICKY BIRD AND DAVID SHEPHARD WALKED IN UNINVITED … APPARENTLY THEY HAD BEEN AIMLESSLY HANGING AROUND THE HOTEL LOBBY WHEN THE NATIONAL TEAM WAS LEAVING TO OUR PLACE TO DINNER WHEN THEY WERE ASKED IF THEY WISH TO JOIN !!!💜🩷💚 ..
IT WAS WHILE THE SL NATIONAL TEAM WAS PARTICIPATION IN A TRIANGULAR SERIES AT THE SHARJAH INTERNATIONAL CRICKET STADIUM …. GREAT MEMORIES
