Fantastic Predictions: WORLD CUP FORECASTS from Lankan Cricketing Fanatics-by Michael Roberts A FORECAST by Errol FERNANDO, …. A Piano Player from the Heavens, 19 November 2023 Source:Thuppahis After a long tournament, we reach the final that we all predicted many weeks ago, Lorenz – India vs Australia – with the obvious prediction that India will win. Millions will back India,of course. Let me take a different path by predicting a win for the Aussies, especially if they bat first. Head, Marsh and Maxwell are dangerous players who can take the game away from India. ...
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Cricket Levelling Cricket! The Glenn Maxwell Song** … – By Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis Michael Roberts, deploying a twist on the West Indian calypso song presented by Lord Superior to sketch the twists and turns in the game exposd by Glenn Maxwell in te couse of two back-to-back matches Playing against Afghanistan at Wankhede Stadium on the 14th November 2023, Glenn Maxwell produced an extraordinary innings of 201 runs off 138 deliveries that eventually secured an unlikely victory in dire circumstances—one that hauled the Aussies from 7 wkts for 91 runs in the 18th over to 293 for 7 wkts in the 47th over. He amassed amassed an unprecedented double century …. 201 runs in 138 balls at a strike/rate of 157.03. Some of his strokes were SWIPES that are not in the rule book and would be verboten in any coaching camp. These swats generally took the cricket ball to the ropes … and OVER the ropes. Some were ...
Nov 17, 2023
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Lakshman Wickremasinghe’s Allround Excellence at Royal College in 1944-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Lam Seneviratne: Email Note to Michael Roberts, 12 November 2023 The recent articles by you and Rajiva Wijesinha in connection of the 40th death anniversary of Bishop Lakshman Wickremasinghe are great tributes to him. They speak of him as a Priest, Chaplain and Bishop, his human qualities and how he lived his life as a true disciple of Jesus Christ, touching the lives of many. ...
Nov 14, 2023
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Glenn Maxwell’s Puja in Sachin’s Presence-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis After a remarkable feat of batsmanship on one leg that brought him 200 runs and secured an Australian victory against Afghanistan at the World Cup match in Mumbai, Glenn Maxwell went on his knees in puja to the all-time Indian great Sachin Tendulkar …… Such an Asian mode of respect is not surprising because he is married to an Indian lady. AND THIS DEBATE among Sri Lankan cricketing aficianados: A = Comment from Lorenz Pereira in Melbounre, circa 9 Nov 2023: When Sachin Tendulkar came to congratulate Glen Maxwell @ da Wankhede ground, da great Maxwell bowed down & touched da feet of the legend & sought his blessings. One of da Greatest moments in da history of Cricket. Salute to these legendry Cricketers. B= Response from Richard Hermon in Melbourne: “Agree Completely Lorenz !! Something that has been missing in sport ,and ...
Nov 12, 2023
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A Campaign Against Sledging & Intimidation on the Cricket Field-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis My upbringing was heavily impregnated with cricket and its sporting values. The practices of sledging and verbal one-upmanship in order to unsettle batsmen was simply unthinkable to those so nourished. When Sri Lanka’s team under Arjuna Ranatunga had a prolonged tour of Australia in 187, they happened to spend a lot of time in Adelaide. I was introduced to Arjuna and Ruwan Kalpage at a dinner at the house of Tilak Gunasekera (alas not more with us) and his wife Dawn (nee Buultjens). There I received first-hand tales of the degree to which Australian cricket was, so to speak, impregnated with the sledging form of one-upmanship. My distaste for this type of activity was deepened when I witnessed the pressures directed at the Sri Lankan cricket team touring Australia in 1995/96 — this time by some of the umpires ...
Nov 10, 2023
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Shakib has Sullied the Spirit of Cricket – By Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis In my experience from the late 1960s Errol Fernando of Trinity College & Peradeniya University was the fairest of men and one possessing considerable acumen (besides virtuoso fingers at organ and piano) …… Errol Fernando to Lawrence Heyn, 6 November 2023 Dear Lawrence, Am I allowed to say that the ONLY game that has this thing called ‘Spirit’ is CRICKET? May I add that all other games merely have ‘rules’ but no spirit. Is there a spirit of rugby, golf, football, tennis – even gudu or marbles ? Cricket has rules, of course, but what makes cricket the ‘greatest’ of games is that spirit that is far more important than rules. Anyone who disagrees with this should not be playing cricket. Alex Carey infamously abused the spirit at Lord’s. I am more than happy to say that Carey should not be ...
Nov 7, 2023
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Ruvendrini Menikdiwela in Key UNHCR Role – By Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis News Item: “Secretary-General appoints Ms. Ruvendrini Menikdiwela of Sri Lanka as Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Ruvendrini Menikdiwela of Sri Lanka as Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Ms. Menikdiwela will succeed Gillian Triggs of Australia, to whom both the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Refugees are grateful for her dedicated service to the refugee cause. Ms. Menikdiwela, who currently serves as the Director in UNHCR’s New York Office, brings to the position several decades of professional experience working with and for refugees in UNHCR, including as UNHCR’s Representative in Pakistan and in Thailand. She also held a number of other critical legal posts during her long career with ...
Nov 7, 2023
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Burgher Tennis Club in Galle, circa 1928-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Left to right – Standing: Messrs R. W. E. de Vos, Vyvil Loudowyk, Fred Bastiansz, E. F. C. Ludowyk Jnr., R. A. de Vos, Bubsy Austin, E. F. C. Ludowyk Snr, W. Colin-Thomé, Dudley de Kretser, Arthur Arndt, Bertie Toussaint Seated: Miss Mina de Vos, Miss E. Koch, Mrs Glen Altendorf, Mrs Bertie Joseph, Mrs R. A. de Vos, Mrs Bertie Toussaint, Miss Rita Kale, Mrs E. F. C. Ludowyk, Mrs W. Colin-Thomé, Mrs Dudley de Kretser, Mrs Bessie Bartholomeusz, Seated on ground: Earnleigh de Krester, Miss Owen Ludowyk, Miss Ina de Zilwa, Miss Mabel Arndt, Miss Mavis Ludowyk, Miss Dagmar Toussaint, Francis Toussaint. A NOTE: I discovered this photograph mounted on cardboard in my Mss depository. I could not recollect how I got it but on my recent trip to Sri Lanka David Colin-Thome informed me that his mother ...
Nov 6, 2023
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The Unity in A Contradiction Over Time: Top Dog Bullying in Cricket-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Michael Roberts in Email Chat with Errol Fernando, 3 November 2023: “Indian Cricketers Today Emulate the Aussies of Yesterday” Mike Roberts: responding to a cricketing point made by Errol Fernando, on 3 November 2023, re some unplayable balls produced by the Indian pacemen in the World Cup Match at Mumbai on 2nd November 2023 “I agree with you about some of the UNPLAYABLE BALLS, Errol; BUT MY FOCUS HOWEVER IS GOING TO BE on * Mohmmed Siraj’s threatening verbals. ...
Nov 6, 2023
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“Corridors of Time” Painting Exhibition at Lionel Wendt, Colombo-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Corridors of Time – Artistic Narratives of Heritage and Nature …. at … the Harold Peiris Gallery at the Lionel Wendt, Col-7 ,,, Opening: 2nd November 2023 @ 6pm …. continuing from 3rd-5th November … with Paintings from Royden Gibbs & Joseph Rodrigo About the Artists: Royden Gibbs is one of the senior-most contemporary artists in Sri Lanka and is known internationally with a career spanning six decades. He is best known for his watercolours on historical sites and landscapes, but is equally versatile in many other media such as oils, pastels, ink, line and wash, to mention a few, and is proficient in a wide variety of subjects from still life, figures, portraits, wildlife, to landscapes and buildings. With a deep connection to Sri Lanka’s cultural heritage, his works often explore themes of conserving tradition and history. Joseph Rodrigo is an artist/advertising creative director. ...
Nov 4, 2023
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