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Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs furious after the batting debacle against India scoring only 55 runs, then losing to Afghanistan by 7 wickets – By Sunil Thenabadu After this disastrous batting display against India collapsing for a paltry 55 runs ,thereafter to Afghanistan by seven wickets , to console the irritated fuming cricket fanatics very appropriately the Minister of sports and youth affairs Roshan Abeysinghe had requested the President and the supporting staff of the Sri Lanka Cricket to resign immediately before he takes drastic action. The Minster of sports and youth affairs Roshan Ranasinghe via his media division has expressed his discontentment on the dismal performance of our cricket team once again in the hands of India losing the WC encounter by a massive margin of 302 runs the worst defeat inflicted on Sri Lanka since participating in all world cups from year 1975.The defeat recently has made all ...

Nov 5, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged "CRICKET, Angelo Matthews, Anura Tennakoon, Avishka Fernando, Charith Asalanka, Cricket in Sri Lanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal, Duleep Mendis, ICC, Kusal Janith Perera, Kusal Mendis, Micheal Tissera, Pathum Nissanka Sadeera Samarawickrama, Ranjith Fernando, Roshan Ranasinghe, Roy Dias, Sanath Jayasuriya, SL Cricket, Sunil Wettimuny, The ICC world cup

Roy Dias – A joy to behold-by Rohan WIJESINGHE Source:Sundayobserver CRICKET: With the new ball ‘Duly Dented’, by Sidath Wettimuny and Bandula Warnapura – fans put aside their drinks, newspapers, snacks and what not, as the stylishly dusky pair of ‘ankles’ slid to the middle – black hairlocks dancing behind him, blue Lankan cap perched rakishly over his ears – that’s before he unleashed his ‘vibrantly’ brilliant world class batting ability Curtsy before destruction Before parking himself at middle and leg – into that lovely balanced stance of his – his superstitious routine would involve a half curtsy or half squat to loosen his knee caps… as it were. Then a couple of pushes to cover to warm the biceps.. a crispy cut or two past point to get the wrists rolling… a half volley would then be ‘caressed’ with such a lovely swing of the willow… some deft clips ...

May 14, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Roy Dias

Imran Khan, Sri Lankan cricketers recall bygone era-BY DHAMMIKA RATNAWEERA mran Khan with former members of the Sri Lanka cricket team Source:Sundayobserver Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, in his efforts to strengthen sports diplomacy, participated at an interactive session with the sports community of Sri Lanka on Wednesday at the Shangri- La Hotel in Colombo during his two day visit. The former Pakistan cricket captain Khan fondly recalled his visit to Sri Lanka as a fresh university graduate and as a young player and commended the Sri Lankan players in attendance especially Arjuna Ranatunga as the team captain in the World Cup win in Pakistan. ...

Feb 28, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Arjuna Ranatunga, Brendon Kuruppu, Chaminda Vaas, Hashan Tillekaratne, KUMAR SANGAKKARA, Muttiah Muralidaran, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Roy Dias, Sanath Jayasuriya, Sidath Wettimuny