Akram to train Sri Lanka pacers

Sri Lanka Cricket Board  has said that it has roped in legendary Pakistan paceman Wasim Akram as a mentor ahead of the team’s gruelling tour of South Africa next month. Akram, 50, will conduct a day-long coaching clinic in Colombo, Sri Lanka Cricket said, in what would be the first of a series of programmes involving foreign experts. “We are honoured that Mr. Akram has accepted our invitation to be a part of this initiative,”  Sri Lanka Cricket chief Thilanga Sumathipala said.