Tillakaratne Dilshan is among the players who play in Mulgrave Cricket Club.
A community cricket club in Melbourne, Mulgrave Cricket Club, who play in Melbourne’s Eastern Cricket Association (ECA), a third-tier competition, has said that they are in talks with former international stars Brian Lara, AB de Villiers and Yuvraj Singh as well as the West Indian star batsman Chris Gayle to appear in suburban T20 matches this summer.
The Mulgrave Cricket Club have already signed a trio of Sri Lanka stars, with Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga to play for the club this summer while Sanath Jayasuriya is their head coach.
Tillakaratne Dilshan, who lives in Melbourne’s, however, played six matches for Mulgrave last year, scoring 132 runs in the ECA’s T20 Cup as Mulgrave were beaten in the final.
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Speaking on the 1116Sen podcast, Mulgrave president Malin Pullenayegam said that by signing the likes of Dilshan, Tharanga and Jayasuriya they wanted to show the local cricketing community that they can bring star players to the club.
He added that they are in discussions with AB de Villiers, Brian Lara and Yuvraj Singh and they might be the potential signings.
“We wanted to show the local cricketing community we can get stars like Dilshan, Tharanga and Jayasuriya. With Dilshan’s involvement and the backing of some good sponsors, we are on a recruitment drive.
“We are having discussions with AB de Villiers, Brian Lara and Yuvraj Singh, and though they are to be confirmed, these are the potential signings,” Mulgrave president Malin Pullenayegam said.
(The Indian Express inputs)