work to do and must maintain its intensity even if it has already

Sri Lanka Cricket has announced it will invest heavily in the existing club-based domestic structure, although a provincial first-class tournament is also in the works. The board has promised a grant of 11 million Sri Lankan rupees (USD $74,000 approx) for each of the 14 clubs in the first-class tournament, and has also said it will beef up facilities by providing bowling machines, mechanised rollers and other groundskeeping equipment. Ten Tier B clubs will get a grant of nine million rupees as well.We have identified our clubs as the places that we promote, sustain and develop cricket in our country, and we will invest as much as possible in this area, SLC president Thilanga Sumathipala said. For Sri Lanka to make an indelible mark on the world arena we need to focus on strengthening and developing our domestic cricket - this will provide us with a world-class pool of players to select from. Our focus is on the quality of cricket and not just the quantity.The announcement of these grants comes weeks after SLC had reinstated domestic contracts, handing out 85 of them to cricketers from a variety of clubs. This was a repudiation of the pay-model devised by 2015s SLC interim committee, who sought to better incentivise players by paying out substantial match fees for games played, instead of handing out contracts that guarantee income through the season.The present board also rejected the 2015 interim committees vision for Sri Lankas domestic cricket, having also canned the provincial tournament devised by Mahela Jayawardene.Moreover, these latest grants suggest the board does not want to move away from a club-based domestic structure, despite growing criticism of the competition. Several former players have suggested the current first-class format does not encourage high-quality cricket, and have also voiced concerns that senior cricket has not meaningfully spread beyond Basnahira (western province) and Ruhuna (southern province).SLC is expected to announce the details of a new provincial tournament over the next few weeks. However, this tournament is expected to be much shorter than the club tournament, and is likely to feature just four teams.The Premier League Tournament - for now the main first-class competition in Sri Lanka - will be unchanged from the previous seasons format. Fourteen teams will be split into two groups, before the top sides progress to a Super Eight round-robin. Nmd Uomo Ingrosso . -- The Bishops Gaiters are showing they belong among the countrys top varsity football teams. Stan Smith Outlet . Halladay signed a one-day contract with the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday that allowed the veteran right-hander to retire as a member of team with which he broke into the majors and spent the bulk of his distinguished 16-year career. http://www.scarpenmdscontate.it/ .Y. - Jerome Samson scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the St. Scarpe Adidas Ingrosso . Three came down to the fourth quarter while quarterbacks continued to shine in all four games; so important to the overall quality of the game. Adidas Nmd r1 Italia . -- Running backs Darren McFadden and Rashad Jennings were back at practice for the Oakland Raiders on Wednesday despite being hampered by hamstring injuries. The Los Angeles Galaxy can clinch a playoff berth with a win over the visiting Seattle Sounders on Sunday at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif.Los Angeles (11-4-15) is second in Major League Soccers Western Conference with 47 points. The Galaxy is one point ahead of the third-place Colorado Rapids and four points behind first-place FC Dallas, which has already secured a postseason bid.Seattle (10-13-5) is seventh in the Western Conference with 35 points, five points behind sixth-place Sporting KC. The top six teams in the West will make the playoffs. The Sounders have six matches remaining.Los Angeles head coach Bruce Arena noted this week that his team was in a similar position at this time a year ago. The Galaxy looked strong and ready to make a postseason run, but it was quickly ousted from the playoffs.Arena said the team still has work to do and must maintain its intensity even if it has already clinched a playoff spot.I wont be doing any cartwheels, Arena said. I was told yesterday we have a 99 percent chance (of making the playoffs). When its 100 percent, Ill be a little bit relieved, but not that relieved.dddddddddddd Hopefully, theres a lot ahead from there.Right now we have to take it one game at a time. Last year at this time of year, you would have said everythings great. We were No. 1 in the Supporters Shield (race) at the time and then things didnt end up that well.Giovani dos Santos leads Los Angeles with 14 goals and Robbie Keane has eight. Steven Gerrard, who has a team-high 11 assists, has been out with a sore hamstring since Aug. 27 but could return Sunday.Seattle has been more formidable in recent weeks. The Sounders are 4-1-3 since Brian Schmetzer took over on an interim basis after the club parted ways with longtime coach Sigi Schmid.Rookie of the Year candidate Jordan Morris has 10 goals, including five game-winners. Nicolas Lodeiro has generated a spark since his arrival in late July, but Clint Dempsey is still out with an irregular heartbeat. ' ' '