Sri Lanka skittled for second lowest score in history as South Africa, led by Marco Jansen, destroys their Test Championship aspirations.  – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE.  (eLanka Sports Editor) Sri Lanka were reduced to a shellshocked mess as South Africa fought back to skittle them for their lowest Test score, 42 all out, since being elevated to the top tier of cricket, in Durban. Since gaining Test status in 1982,  Sri Lanka have maintained a respectable record in cricket, but the debacle in Durban will go down in the annals of history as a horrific reminder of a team without an idea on how to counter a treacherous bowler friendly track that saw 16 wickets fall in a day. It was the second lowest total in the games history, sandwiched between India’s lowest and third lowest recorded against Australia. The Test began with Sri Lanka’s bowlers taking control on ...

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Nostalgia of evoking courageous labours of Hon Late Gamini Dissanayake in conquering Test status – by Sunil Thenabadu The endeavours of the late Gamini Dissanayake, while holding several Ministerial Portfolios other than spearheading the Mahaweli project, have helped vastly to uplift to a large extent the basic living standards, especially of the average citizen and made a tremendous impact on the economic revival of the country, which is of course is no exaggeration. Besides being dynamically engaged in our development progression, he found the time to be actively involved in the game of cricket; having held office as the President of the Board of Control of Cricket in Sri Lanka, (BCCSL, now known as Sri Lanka Cricket,SLC) from June 1981 to June 1989 and thereafter, for a brief period of four months, immediately prior to his tragic death in 1994; during which period he made loads of momentous contributions. Throughout the tenure ...

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