Jayasuriya praises Toronto as potential venue for cricket

TORONOT: Former Sri Lankan Captain and dynamite batsman Sanath Jayasuriya rated Toronto (Canada) as potential venue for cricket in presence of expatriates from cricket playing nations.

“I have played here (Toronto) in the past and its good breakthrough for the game,” he told media correspondent Ehsan Qureshi in an interview here on Monday after his team’s five wicket victory over Pakistan in the final of Al-Barakah Twenty20 International Cricket Championship at King City here.

“It was nice feeling to play before a sizeable crowd here because it inspire me to to perform,” he commented. He complimented large number of Sri Lankan flag-waving supporters which made the difference.