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Sri Lanka in search of acquiring Justin Langer’s services as head coach Justin Langer had stepped down as Australia’s head coach earlier this month. Source:crictracker.com Former Test opener Justin Langer shockingly stepped down as the Australian cricket team’s head coach earlier this month after it was reportedly decided that he would be given an extension till the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Down Under later this year where Australia would be defending their title. After his resignation, Langer did go on to mention that senior players and a couple of staff members were not convinced with having him as a result of which he decided to step down from the position. Now, it has been reported that Sri Lanka are looking forward to hiring the ex-opening batter as their next head coach with Sri Lankan cricket legend Aravinda de Silva who is also is a member of the country’s cricket technical advisory ...

Feb 17, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , ,
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Veteran coach W.A.N. Silva dies in NZ Source:Dailynews Former Sri Lanka cricket coach W.A.N Silva (91) passed away in Auckland, New Zealand yesterday. He had been one of the mentors of leading former SL cricketers including Aravinda de Silva. He did coaching with love and not for money. We have lost a great man’ said former National player Asanka Gurusinha on his Twitter message. (D.R) ...

Jan 23, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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Russel Arnold: Sri Lanka’s Forgotten ODI Star By Michael Roberts Source:cricketique.live During the course of the World Cup 2015 watchers were occasionally served up statistical tables of leading run-scores in the history of World Cup or ODI cricket. Sri Lankan fans would have been especially attentive to those featuring Sangakkara’s stellar career and record breaking levels. On one such occasion I was intrigued to see Russel Arnold’s statistics appear at the tail-end of an august list of names. Primed by Arnold’s appearance as a TV commentator and his impeccable performance in this role, I proceeded to do some research on the topic and began with a statistical picture of a comparative kind that is quite revelatory. This picture raises issues about media-hype and our very own memory banks.   It would be fair to say that the batsmen stars in the ODI memory store of Sri Lankan cricket enthusiasts over the ...

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Micheal Tissera one of the finest gentleman cricketers – by Sunil Thenabadu (sports editor – eLanka) Photo source: island.lk On the 3rd December  as the second Test between Sri Lanka and West Indies comes to a conclusion if goes on to day five, Michael Tissera will be in Galle to give away Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne a trophy that bears his name and that of West Indies legend Sir Garry Sobers. Notwithstanding of the outcome of the second Test, Sri Lanka will retain the Sobers-Tissera Trophy having won the first Test. West Indies can only square the series and as the holders of the trophy hence in allits probability Sri Lanka will preserve the title.  Sri Lanka’s current cricketers will do well to pick the brains of Tissera, an iconic figure in our game. He played the game at a time when the sport was not had dealt with money, ...

Nov 29, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged , , , , , , , ,
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Suwanee Madanayake, left arm spinner cum coach keen to perform on to the fourth decade – by Sunil Thenabadu in Brisbane The Sri Lankan cricketer Suwanji Madanayake who commenced his first class cricket career in 1991 is currently onto the fourth decade keen to play on for a few more years, as clubs here and overseas need his bowling skilfulness with coaching experience. Master statistician Andrew Samson has revealed to The Guardian that Suwanji Madanayake, ‘Madey to his friends is still going muscular at the age of 48. He had confessed that he is determined, would continue beyond his fiftieth year and into the fourth decade of playing first class club cricket in Sri Lanka and league cricket in England and Australia having debuted in year 1991.  Andrew Samson had reiterated that Madanayake is still at it, particularly fitness wise with the demand for his left arm spin and coaching ...

Oct 31, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged , , , , , ,
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Making Olympic dream a reality-by Rex Clementine After Duncan White won an Olympic medal in 1948 in London, Sri Lanka had to wait for 52 years to end their medal drought. Susanthika Jayasinghe in Sydney in 2000 became the second Sri Lankan to win a medal. Source:Island After Duncan White won the nation’s first Olympic medal in London, it took Sri Lanka 52 years to win their second Olympic medal in Sydney. If you believe in law of averages, our next medal should come somewhere in 2052. If you are over the age of 40 now, there is a good chance that you would be dead by the time the nation wins the next medal in Olympics. But then, there’s also something called if there’s a will there’s a way. Perhaps, you don’t have to wait for as many as 52 years to win an Olympic medal if you can ...

Aug 7, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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Sri Lanka will definitely qualify for Twenty20 World Cup, says Aravinda-by Althaf Nawaz Aravinda de Silva Source:Dailynews With the appointment of Dasun Shanaka as captain by the National cricket selectors, Aravinda de Silva, the incumbent Chairman of the Cricket Committee (CCM), is hopeful that under his leadership the National cricket team will bounce back to winning ways, beginning with the upcoming series against India this weekend. “True the team had a lean period, but my committee and I are hopeful that our boys will bounce back under the leadership of new captain Dasun Shanaka. We are here to facilitate the boys with the best possible ways and means with the support of the Cricket Board. The team initially had various issues and we were able to resolve them amicably. It is left for them to get into the middle and perform for the country by concentrating on the game and ...

Jul 17, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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Sri Lanka Cricket exposes the Great mismatch-BY CALLISTUS DAVY Sanath Jayasuriya Source:Sundayobserver Only Sanath Jayasuriya was supposed to take the field while several in the squad were average Sri Lankan players during their playing days A temporary or interim committee running the affairs of Sri Lanka Cricket after the term of an elected membership ended last month, committed yet another unfathomable twist in less than a week, this time releasing a squad of players that it branded ‘Greats’ to play in a so-called fund raiser charity match. The squad had just three of the Greats, Sanath Jayasuriya, Aravinda de Silva and Hashan Tillekaratne but literally only one of them, Jayasuriya, was to take the field with Tillekaratne also named as coach while Aravinda did not show any overwhelming desire to be part of the match when the announcement was made to the media last month apparently on the grounds of ...

May 14, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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Kandy joins 1996 World Cup victory silver jubilee celebrations Source:Dailynews The Central Proivnece Cricket Assocation and Kandy District Cricket Association celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Sri Lanka’s 96 World Cup victory. The 1996 Wills Cricket World Cup, was the sixth cricket World Cup, organised by the International Cricket Council. It was the second World Cup to be hosted by Pakistan and India, and for the first time by Sri Lanka. The final was played on 17 March 1996, between former World Champions Australia and Sri Lanka in Pakistan. Wills World Cup comprised 37 matches played in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India from February 16 to March 17. Six games were played in Sri Lanka, fourteen in Pakistan and seventeen in India. Sri Lanka, Australia, India, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Kenya, South Africa, Pakistan, New Zealand, England, UAE and the Netherlands participated. Debutant were UAE, the Netherlands and Kenya. ...

Mar 28, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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