Youth World Cup on schedule

COLOMBO, JAN. 6. Sri Lankan police and cricket authorities today assured fool-proof security at various venues across the island country during the 16-nation Youth World Cup cricket beginning here on January 11.

The assurance came in the wake of a suicide bomb attack by the LTTE yesterday in central Colombo which killed 13 people.

The tournament secretary, Mr Kushil Gunasekera, told the state- owned daily News Today that the organisers had no plans to postpone the under-19 event as three teams - New Zealand, Ireland and Holland - had already arrived.

He said the Sri Lankan cricket board had already checked with several embassies and high commissions here and it had been informed that none of the teams had changed their travel plans.

``There is no knowledge of any country showing concern over the incidents so far. The travel plans of the teams remain exactly the same,'' he said.

The designated representative of the International Cricket Council, Mr Ross Turner, has also arrived here and has been in constant touch with the ICC chief executive, Mr David Richards, Mr Gunasekera said.

- PTI

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