Sri Lanka women’s crowning moment of glory as they grab the Asia Cup. Fantastic captain marvellous Chamari Athapaththu leads from the front. BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports Editor) Sri Lanka’s women cricketers dared to dream, and then proved that dreams do come true as they sensationally grabbed the Asia Cup from a previously dominant India. For a country that is dealing with much economically, and struggling to raise its head, a little ray of sunshine swept across the Island nation putting everything else on hold as Chamari Athapaththu and her team jubilantly held aloft the prestigious Asian women’s cricketing plum. Rangiri Dambulla stadium will be remembered with nostalgia as the venue for a cricketing heist, as Sri Lanka’s women defied all logic to turn tables on Asia’s proven best team, second only to Australia in the world game. Set an imposing target of 165 for victory, Sri Lanka ...
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The Sri Lanka Cricket Museum – By Prashanth Sentilkumar Source : Prashanth Sentilkumar Linkedin The Sri Lanka Cricket Museum is one of a kind Museum which beautifully takes you through a journey in history of the sport in Srilanka which showcases important milestones embodied In the walls of the museum and also memorable trophies that have been won by Srilanka Cricket in terms of both the Mens and Womens sports. It was a beautiful sight to see some wonderful trophies won over the years, I saw trophies that were won in the 1950s Gopalan trophy till the Asia Cup victory last year.And also it reminded me of some of the memories I had over the years of Sri lanka teams that lifted some beautiful silverware which you watch on TV and crave to also lift it with the team since they are beautifully crafted. My Favourite of them of all is ...
