Ceylon Leather, a company synonymous with creativity and innovation together with MBC and MTV - one of the dynamic private sector electronic media companies in the country - have come forward to pledge its support to our very own cricketing heroes at the ICC World Cup Tournament by wishing them good luck in a most innovative manner while bringing together the thousands of ardent fans of the Sri Lanka Cricket team. The ball which is made to international standards of a leather cricket ball, has as its core twine thread wound into a ball by the fans at different locations that the ball has travelled to, and has been blessed with chanting of pirith to invoke the blessings of the triple gem. The world's largest ever leather cricket ball has travelled around the country covering all provinces courtesy of MBC and MTV, where cricket fans wound the twine to make it into a giant ball. "We are a company with many innovations to our credit, and being able to innovate around one of the most loved sports in Sri Lanka - cricket - coinciding with the ICC World Cup is indeed a significant achievement which unites thousands of fans all over the country, who together with Ceylon Leather wish our cricketers good luck" said Sitendra Senaratne-Managing Director, Ceylon Leather.
"We wanted to put Sri Lanka on the world map by recording the world's largest cricket ball in the Guinness Book of World Records, through our One Nation One Cup campaign. In this venture we approached Ceylon Leather, Sri Lanka's leading leather manufacturer to partner with us. Ceylon Leather used their expertise and experience in manufacturing to complete the production of the leather cover according to specifications provided". Said Needra Weerasinghe, Group Director-The Capital Maharaja Organization. "Today the giant ball stands at 5 ½ ft with a circumference of 17ft and 9 inches. We would like to thank Ceylon Leather for partnering with us to make this venture possible" she further added.
source - www.dailymirror.lk
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