ELanka Newsletter – 16th August 2023 – 5th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA THE FIRST AND THE LAST” THE SOVEREIGN – By Lakshman Navaratne Omega-3 Healthy fats and its health benefits – By Dr harold Gunatillake දැක්කොත් පද්මාවතී… – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම් AN INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023. – By Charles Schokman “Sinhabahu” in Adelaide for Roshan Mahanama Trust-by Michael Roberts Wanindu Hasaranga to retire from Test Cricket – By Sunil Thenabadu BOLLYWOOD COMES TO AUSTRALIA – By Nicholas Reece Cinnamon to host Google’s former CBO and Best-Selling Author Mo Gawdat TOURIST ARRIVALS IN THE SAME MOMEMTUM THIS MONTH TOO – By Sunil Thenabadu Graceful Elegance: Unveiling the Enigmatic World of the Sri Lankan Leopard – By Nadeeka – eLanka Dental One celebrates 1 year of ...

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Former Sri Lanka cricketing star Daya Sahabandu dies-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Source:Dailynews One of the best left arm bowlers produced by Sri Lanka Daya Sahabandu passed away yesterday and his funeral will take place today (12) at Jawatte Cemetery, at 6 pm . Daya Sahabandu the 83 year old former medium paceman and left-arm leg spinner played for Royal College , Colombo first X1 from 1957 to 1960 he was the best leg spinner on that era who also bowled a little faster and opened the bowling .He started playing senior club cricket in Ceylon in the early 1960’s and mostly playing for Nomads SC. He took more than 1000 wickets with his left arm bowling at an average of just over 14. He was selected to tour England with the Ceylon team in 1968 but the tour was cancelled just before it was due to begin. Later in a drawn ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 4th August 2021 – 2nd Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter CLARENCE WIJEWARDENA – By Des Kelly (Editor-In-Chief) eLanka COVID-19 Resources in Sinhalese & Tamil SRI LANKA NEWS (JULY 2021) Compiled by Victor Melder History of Cricket – CRICKET INTERNATIONAL 360 – by Upali Obeyesekere Was Ravana a demonic king?; Brahmins of Sri Lanka | Lost & Forgotten RIP ARDEN NELSON – by Upali Obeyesekere SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS (JULY 2021) Compiled by Victor Melder You and Me – by Lalith Paranavitana Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 64 30.07.2021 What is your preferred Jab?-by Dr Harold Gunatillake Maha Maluwa (Great Terrace) – steeped in history and legend By Arundathie Abeysinghe The art of building new content: Generative AI By Aditya Abeysinghe The Journey – by Somabandhu Kodikara “ADVICE FROM ELVIS” – by Des Kelly Danno ...

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More on Lorenz and Daya Sahabandu Source:Island On one of those boring lockdown days of early June, Lorenz Pereira lit up The Sunday Island with a highly entertaining piece in which he recalled what he termed as one of his most satisfying sporting achievements. That was the making of Daya Sahabandu the cricketer. Several generations have rolled by since Lorenz Pereira’s heyday in sport, and for the benefit of today’s man about town, a few paragraphs on Lorenz Pereira would not be out of place, before we begin discussing the enigma that was Daya Sahabandu. Eustace Lorenz Pereira was a born sport; both as a player and a person. Cricket came to him naturally. Blessed with a fine cricketing brain while still in school, he was an excellent left-hand bat, a very useful off spinner and an outstanding fielder in the gully or in the covers in particular. Given the ...

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PROBABLY MY MOST SATISFYING SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT-by Lorenz Pereira THE MAKING OF DAYA SAHABANDU (Bandu) Source:Island When I saw Daya Sahabandu’s name included amongst the 30 “Lions of Sri Lanka” Cricket, I am not ashamed to say that tears rolled down my cheeks. Let me tell you why. It’s a real-life narrative of an initial part of a journey in the evolution of a tiny insignificant acorn into a mighty oak, speaking metaphorically. The episode has stood the Test of Time in my memory and I am able to recall every detail as if it occurred only yesterday. ...

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PROBABLY MY MOST SATISFYING SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT THE MAKING OF DAYA SAHABANDU (Bandu) Lorenz Pereira  (June 2021) Image source: Facebook Sahabandu When I saw Daya Sahabandu’s name included amongst the 30 “Lions of Sri Lanka” Cricket (see attachment), I am not ashamed to say that tears rolled down my cheeks. Let me tell you why. It’s a real-life narrative of an initial part of a journey in the evolution of a tiny insignificant “Acorn” into a mighty “Oak”, speaking metaphorically. The episode has stood the Test of Time in my memory and I am able to recall every detail as if it occurred only yesterday.  ...

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Big matches forged many friendships off the field-By Sujith Silva Source:Quadrangle My first Royal-Thomian memory goes back to 1953 when Royal College was captained by Ubhaya de Silva; the Thomians were down I think 4 for 14 and then P.I. Peiris and Geoff Wijesinghe put on record partnership of 187 runs. The Thomians went on to win the match by an innings at the Oval. Vijaya Malalasekera and Mano Ponniah opening batting for Cambridge University team 1967 P.I. Peiris was engaged in a fifth-wicket partnership of 187 runs with Geoff Wijesinghe while PI made a fine century of 123 runs, and Wijesinghe contributed with 64 in a total of 290. In 1954, T. Nirmalingam was leading the Royalists and Ranjith (Bar) Weerasinghe led the Thomians. I remember Nirmalingam’s innings of 69 runs. When he was run out for 69, the Royal scoreboard read 70 for 1. He opened with Selvyn ...

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