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Roy’s class of 2016 delivering on big stage-by Rex Clementine Source:Island Cynics had dismissed Roy Dias as old school and didn’t give him the credit that he deserved as Sri Lanka Under – 19 won an ODI and unofficial Test series in England in 2016 but when you look at the players he groomed as the nation’s under-19 coach some five years ago, there’s something special about them. There’s Wanindu Hasaranga, who is a star in the world stage already and there are several others who could go on the same way. Within 48 hours this week, Pathum Nissanka and Charith Asalanka scored their maiden ODI hundreds and match winning ones too as Sri Lanka buried the Aussies recording a come from behind series win. ...

Jun 23, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Arjuna Ranatunga, Asitha Fernando, Avishka Fernando, Praveen Jayawickrama, Wanindu Hasaranga

Asitha Fernando’s Star-turn as Pace Bowler at Dhaka – By Dr Michael Roberts Source:thuppahis.com Rex Clementine, in The Island, 5 June 2022, where the title runs “From Beach Boy to recordbreaker” …. while emphasis via highlighting here is an intervention from The Editor, Thuppahi Arjuna Ranatunga’s mantra for turning the fortunes of a cricket team was backing outstation talents. Colombo ceased to own the exclusive rights for cricket and as a result, the game thrived. Three decades on the outstations are still producing match winners. There are still unearthed and untapped talents in far-off areas. One such created history last week by bowling Sri Lanka to a series win in Dhaka. From a beach boy of far off Katuneriya, Asitha Fernando went on to become the first Sri Lankan right-arm quick to claim a match bag of ten wickets. A fishing village on the northwest coast, Katuneriya is situated between the towns of Chilaw and Negobmo. ...

Jun 9, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Arjuna Ranatunga, Chamika Karunaratne, Keith Miller, S. Thomas' College, World War II

Shane Warne – A cricketing genius – by Sanjeewa Jayaweera Source:island.lk There are great cricketers for whom cricket lovers worldwide have a feeling of deep affection and respect. This feeling of affection is unique in that it is while they are still playing international cricket, scoring runs and taking wickets even against the team you support and not when retired from the game. There is not even a whiff of controversy surrounding such cricketers either in terms of how they conduct themselves on the cricket field or outside. They are often cited as great ambassadors of the game and their country and looked upon as budding cricketers’ role models. The criteria being they were exceptional players with unblemished reputations. In the last half a century, cricketers like David Gower, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and our own Mahela Jayawardena and Kumar Sangakkara would be included in the list. We also ...

Mar 14, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged "CRICKET, Arjuna Ranatunga, avid Gower, Basit Ali, international cricket, KUMAR SANGAKKARA, Mahela Jayawardena, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Warne

Sri Lanka: Too rich a magic to be lost for real-by G. Sandip Arjuna Ranatunga, the Sri Lankan captain and the proud Sri Lankan team after winning the trophy on March 17, 1996 Source:Dailynews The beauty of watching Sri Lanka cricketers at their peak was a joy forever. As though reading a fairy tale, characters with sing-song names swung back and forth in the mindscape, as if they were magical creations, wandering in a state of half-truth and half-fiction. The island is barely a good stone’s throw from the Adam’s Bridge at the Southern tip of India, but seemed as though it existed somewhere far away, an ethereal world of mystery spinners and insouciant batsmen, of rubbery fields-men and slithery seamers, who wrapped their necks and arms with magic threads, whose long and melodious surnames exhausted most alphabets in English, who had the longest and the most tuneful national anthem ...

Mar 6, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Anil Kumble, Arjuna Ranatunga, Dhananjaya De Silva, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis, Wanindu Hasaranga

UDRS – An Appeal to the members of the Royal College 1960 Group Sarath Abeysundera https://www.facebook.com/sarath.abeysundera?pnref=story Ever since we joined the Kindergarten at the Royal Primary School, cricket has been part of our lives. If there was one game that bound us together right through our school career and even beyond that was cricket. It was the lifeblood of Royalists, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s. Cricket walked with us like a shadow and gave us a level of excitement that was unmatched by any other sport. The catchword ‘hora umpire’ was very much part of the cricket culture in our growing years. We knew when a wrong decision was given by an umpire. We could do nothing to overturn it, except shout ‘Hora Umpire’. Wrong decisions of umpires have brought miserable outcomes, distorted results, crippled careers and sometimes even strained relations between cricket playing nations. With the introduction of ...

Jan 14, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Arjuna Ranatunga, Muttiah Muralitharan, Sarath Abeysundera

“CRICKET, LOVELY CRICKET” – by Des Kelly The game is on again. Cricket in once again the flavour of the month in many Countries. Australia has just won the “ashes”, beating the blokes from old Blighty fair & square, yet, how many of our good old Sri Lankans remember when the top West-Indians, after beating Australia, visited, to play an exhibition match against the side who had also beaten Australia to become the grand-finalists of that particular era ithe 50s. The Ceylon Cricket Team WON this World Series match, playing not only on a different pitch, but also against an Umpire who signalled that our Murali was “chucking” and not bowling correctly. Could you believe this !!??. Anyway, to get back to this particular story, I was in the Royal Ceylon Navy, when the West Indians arrived to play this “friendly” match against Arjuna Ranatunga & his team, and tickets ...

Jan 10, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Arjuna Ranatunga, Australia, Ceylon Cricket Team, Sri Lanka, The Windies

To enhance the usage of English vernacular of our cricketers – by Sunil Thenabadu (Sports editor – eLanka) The sport of cricket has a well known history beginning in the late 16th century. Having originated in south-east England, it became the country’s national sport in the 18th century and has developed globally in the 19th and 20th centuries. International matches have been played since 1844 ,then Test cricket began, retrospectively recognized, in 1877. Cricket is the world’s second most popular spectator sport after association football (soccer).The total Governance is by the International Cricket Council (ICC) which has over one hundred countries and territories in membership although only twelve countries currently play Test cricket,the latest additions being Ireland and Afghanistan ,also governed by the ICC. Cricket as begun by the English still remains a sport where the language in use is of course English.Countries like England, Australia, South Africa,West Indies,Zimbabwe( formerly Rhodesia) had no problem with the English vernacular where everything connected to the game was in English .Lately with the advent of Asian countries viz India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh ...

Nov 4, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Arjuna Ranatunga, Kumara Dharmasena, Sanath Jayasuriya

The epic partnership between Mathews and Mendis in year 2018 at the Basin Reserve NZ was only the fourth time a Sri Lankan duo had performed this feat for SL while it was the 22nd occasion in the annals of the history in Test cricket – by Sunil Thenabadu – Brisbane (eLanka Sports editor) MATHEWS AND MENDIS STONEWALLS KIWIS BY BATTING THROUGH THE ENTIRE DAY, All New Zealand Players Applaud Mathews and Mendis–what a sporting gesture. We Sri Lankans should follow and imitate Upon reaching his fighting rear-guard ninth Test hundred on the fourth day in the first Test in Basin Reserve,in yearS 2018 Wellington, Angelo Mathews was probably in alternative excavation at the verdict to expel him from the shorter formats performed 10 quick push-ups followed by flexing his biceps in the direction of the dressing room. This act was indisputably specifically for the coach Chandika Hathurusingha – who with the members of the ex-selection committee who were accountable for the hasty ...

Oct 17, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Arjuna Ranatunga, Bravo Angelo, Mathews, Mendis, Roshan Mahanama, Sanath Jayasuriya

Killi Rajamahendran, Kerry Packer of Sri Lankan cricket-by Rex Clementine Source:Island Kerry Packer was a godsend to Australian cricket. So was Killi Rajamahendran. At a time when cricket in Sri Lanka had no money, he financed the sport, single-handedly. He passed away yesterday at the age of 78. Killi, as he was fondly known, employed many cricketers; Duleep Mendis, Roy Dias, Arjuna Ranatunga, Ashantha de Mel, Sidath Wettimuny…. the list goes on. Players need not turn up for work at Maharaja’s, but if they did not attend training, Killi had a bone to pick. Ask Ashantha de Mel. Killi made the sport semi-professional. ...

Jul 27, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Arjuna Ranatunga, Gamini Dissanayake, Killi Rajamahendran, Sri Lankan cricket

India has proven local talent is good enough – Arjuna Source:Island World Cup winning Sri Lanka cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga lauded the cricket infrastructure that India has built up where they depend totally on local coaches. While former captain Ravi Shastri is India’s Head Coach their entire support staff is local apart from the trainer Nick Webb and throw down coach Nuwan Seneviratna. “At the highest level, you don’t need a high profile coach, what you need is a good man manager. Ravi is an excellent man manager’” Ranatunga said in an interview with The Island. “The team that is in Colombo is coached by Rahul Dravid. Do you need a better person than that to guide the young players. Not only is he one of the finest batsmen to play the game, he’s also a superb role model. We have many such individuals over here, but for some reason, ...

Jul 9, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Arjuna Ranatunga, Nuwan Seneviratna