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Armugam Kalyana Kumara from Badulla district is a student of class ten. He has been blind from birth. He loves playing and following the game of cricket. His favourite cricketers are Romesh Kaluwitharana and Saurav Ganguly. Kalayana is a partially blind (B3) player.

Kumudulal Samarasinghe is a 34 year old graduate. He is a teacher with the school for the blind at Ratmalana. He commutes about 45 Kms daily to reach his place of work. His favourite cricketers are Jayasuriya and Tendulkar. He enjoys creative writing. He aspires to be a useful social worker. Kumudu is a totally blind (B1) player.

Konara Mudiyanselage Cyril Kumara is seventeen years old and a student of class eight at the School for the Blind Ratnamala. He is a native of the Monaragala District in Uva province. He has been blind from birth. His favourite cricketers are Aravinda De Silva and Mohammad Azharuddin. Cyril is a totally blind (B1) player.

Nuwan Indika, eighteen years of age is a student of class 10 at the Blind school at Ratmalana. He is a native of Colombo. Nuwan is a totally blind (B1) player.

Selvarajage Damith Buddhika, seventeen years of age is a student of class 11 at the blind school at Ratmalana. He is from the Badulla district. His favourite cricketers are Romesh kaluwitharana and Saurav Ganguly. Damith is a totally blind (B1) player.

E Nimal Shantha is from Kuleegoda in the Southern province. He is a student in the school for the Blind Tangalle. His hobbies are playing cricket and listening to the radio. Nimal is a totally blind (B1) player.

H Bandula Samantha is from Lunugamvehera in the Southern province. He is a student at the High School at Tangalle. His hobbies are cricket and reading. Bandula is a partially blind (B3) player.

Chandana Kumara Suriyaarachchi was born on the 19th of February 1980. He is presently a student at the Totagoda high school. Kumara is a partially blind (B3) player.

Vasantha Udaya Kumara Jayawardena, seventeen years of age, is a student of class 10 at the school for the blind at Ratmanala. He belongs to the Anuradhapura district. His favourite cricketers are Roshan Mahanama and Mark Waugh. Udaya is a partially blind (B2) player.

Selvarajage Thushantha Pradeep is sixteen years of age and a student at the blind school at Ratmanala. He belongs to the Badulla district of the Uva Province. His favourite cricketers are Murlidharan and Azharuddin. Pradeep is a partially blind (B3) player.

Manoj Nishantha Bandara, seventeen years of age is a student of class eleven in the blind school at Ratnamala. He belongs to the Nuwara Eliya district in the Central province. His favourite cricketers are Sanath Jayasuriya and Tendulkar. Bandara is also an ace athlete. He won two golds, four silver and one bronze at the World athletics meet for the disabled held in Australia in1997. He is a partially blind (B3) player.

U Priyantha was born on the 13th of February 1975. He finished his schooling from the blind school at Ratmanala and at present is an undergraduate at Jayawardenapura University doing his honours in Buddhist culture. He enjoys playing cricket and listening to commentaries. Priyantha is a totally blind (B1) player.

Asoka Weerawardena is 23 years of age and has been blind since birth. He is from Badulla in Uva province. He passed out from the blind school in Ratmanala, had his further education at St. Thomas College, Lavinia and is currently in the University of Kelaniya studying Sociology, mass communication and Sinhala. He is extremely proud to be able to represent his country. Asoka is a totally blind (B1) player.

Damika Ruwan Kumara Gunasekara is from Meerigama in the Western Province. He completed his O levels from school for the Blind at Tangalle and is presently doing his A levels back in his home town. He enjoys playing cricket and listening to the radio. Ruwan is a partially blind (B2) player.

Chandana Thusara is from Aluthgama in the Western Province. He finished his O levels from school for the blind at Tangalle and is presently studying for his A levels in his home town. His hobbies are playing cricket, draft and reading. Thushara is a partially blind (B2) player.

Sarath Kumara is from Embilipitiya in Southern Province. His date of birth is 25th. October 1978. He has been blind since the age of 12. He is a student at the blind school at Ratmalana. Sarath is a partially blind (B3) player.

Totabaddage Chinthaka Satishchandra was born on the 6th of November 1979 at Mukalangamuwa, Seeduwa in the Western province. After schooling at the Blind School at Ratmalana he joined as a student at the Rehabilitation Centre for the disabled at Liyanagemulla, Seeduwa. Satishchandra has taken part in many sporting events in the past and has won prizes. He is a partially blind (B2) player.  

Officials

Alex Mahindapala Jayawardena, 53 years old is self employed. He is the Vice president of National Federation of Sports for the Disabled. He is Vice President Sri lankan Council for the Blind and Vice President Sri Lankan Federation of the Visually Handicapped.

Keerthi Hemalal Kumarasinghe, 47 years old teaches at the blind school at Ratmanala. Keerthi is quite a resourceful person at the school. He is involved in teaching science, instructing students on mobility and orientation and coaching students on the games field.

Sriyaratna Wanniarachchi, 44 years old is self employed. For almost a decade he has been involved in social work. He is an Executive Committee Member of the Sri lanka Council for the Blind and an honorary Treasurer of the National Federation of Sports for the Disabled.

Undugodage Rupasinghe Rodrigo, 52 years is a superintendent at the Vocational Training Centre, Seeduwa.This is part of the Ministry of Social Services. He is an Executive committee member of Sri lanka Council for the Blind. Rupsinghe is also a patron with the Sri lanka Federation of the Visually Handicapped , Gampaha district branch.