eLanka Newsletter – 31st August 2022 – 9th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “LANKAN DUTCH BURGHERS” – by Des Kelly Dream of feeding by Dr harold Gunatillake Together they made it happen in Australia for the love of Sri Lanka – By Kumudini Hettiarachchi St Peter’s College OBU Sydney presents The SPC Centenary Winter Ball 27 Aug 2022 – a few clips! UNICEF & ROTARY to raise funds globally to procure medicines for Sri Lanka Watch Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka – Asia cup 2022 highlights August 2022 Good Girls go to heaven, Bad Girls lap up this epic Friday Mix from Surusinghe Visharada Nishamani Anuradha Nandasiri phenomenal vocalist, skilled music teacher, rendering aesthetic nourishment – by Sunil Thenabadu Photo highlights from the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards – By George Pimentel https://www.elanka.com.au/congratulations-to-the-new-peterite-melbourne-obu-committee-for-the-financial-year-2022-23/ ‘An epic drawn from real ...
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When Nimesh Perera performed the unthinkable against Muralitharan Nimesh Perera, who was the first cricketer from St. Sebastian’s to become the Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year in 1996. Source:Dailynews Spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan may have many international records under his belt before ending his illustrious career as the first and only man to capture 800 Test wickets. But the same could not be said about his school records. When Muralitharan, as a promising schoolboy cricketer from St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota completed back to back years capturing over 100 wickets each in the1989-1990 and 1990-1991 seasons, it always seemed a tough record to better. But within the next five years, yet another spinner emerged – this time from St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa, bettered those schools records by capturing a total of 264 wickets in two seasons. Modara Muthugalage Don Nimesh Randika Gayan Perera, born September 5 in 1977 in ...
Ranatunga’s tribute to Warne, Nimesh Perera thwarts hat-trick-by BY DINESH WEERAWANSA Muttiah Muralitharan and late Shane Warne in those summer moments Source:Sundayobserver Sri Lanka’s World Cup-winning captain and two-time winner of the Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year award, Arjuna Ranatunga revealed how the late Australian spin great Shane Warne helped Sri Lanka rise to become a cricketing power in the world. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) honoured Warne with an on-field commemoration and presentation for his family before the first Test between Australia and Sri Lanka played for the Murali-Warne trophy at the Galle International Cricket Stadium last week. Significantly, seven members of Sri Lanka’s 1996 World Cup winning team Ranatunga, Aravinda de Silva, Muttiah Muralitharan and Kumar Dharmasena, Upul Chandana and Romesh Kaluwitharana who is a Sri Lankan selector of this series, were present at the tribute ceremony. “Inside the ground Warne was a tough character – we had ...
Sangakkara and Muralitharan have brought honour and fame to Kandy-by Hafiz Marikar Source:Dailynews Kandy has produced many Sri Lanka players in almost every sport whether it is cricket, football, hockey, rugger, netball, basketball, boxing, table tennis, badminton, weightlifting or athletics. Two of its famous sons – Muttiah Muralitharan and Kumar Sangakkara – adorned the gentleman’s game of cricket. The cricket loving public of Kandy, management of Kandy District Cricket Association and Central Province Cricket Association wishes to pay gratitude to these two great gentleman cricketers for putting Kandy on the world map with their great performances. Muralitharan was the first to achieve legendary status after becoming the highest Test wicket taker and he was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the ICC (International Cricket Council). Sangakkara widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time becomes the second Sri Lankan to be conferred this honour by the ...
