da dobrowin: Muttiah Muralitharan will captain Central Province in Sri Lanka’s newfour-day provincial tournament in January
da supremo: Wisden Cricinfo staff04-Dec-2003Muttiah Muralitharan will captain Central Province in Sri Lanka’s newfour-day provincial tournament in January. All the international players areexpected to participate in the four-team tournament, which was introduced tohelp bridge the quality gap that exists between club and internationalcricket.Hashan Tillakaratne will captain Western Province, Marvan Atapattu will leadSouthern Province, and Mahela Jayawardene will skipper Northern Province. Allthe teams have also been allocated a coach, manager and selector.The tournament is due to start on January 3. Each team will play each othertwice, meaning 12 group games in all, with the final scheduled for February11-14. The matches will be played at Kandy, Galle and Dambulla, as well as the Premadasa Stadium and the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo.






