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Rohit Sharma visits Uncle Percy Source:Dailymirror Indian captain Rohit Sharma visited Sri Lankan Cricket supporter Percy Abeysekera at his residence in Ekala. It is learned that Rohit Sharma paid a visit to Uncle Percy at the request of famous Sri Lankan supporter Gayan Senanayake. The video has gone viral on the internet in which the Indian captain can be seen having a chat with Percy Abeysekera. Rohit Sharma along with Sri Lanka team staff visited Percy Abeysekera’s home. The Indian skipper can be seen giving autographs as well. ...
Sep 10, 2023
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Gamini Goonesena as a Legend-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Hugh Karunanayake, presenting an old article from 2012 once again, with this title “Farewell to a Legend of Our Times” … with “Times” standing for the past inhabited by us octogenerians … & ….. the highlighting here being the intervention of Thuppahi A gathering of family, friends, former schoolmates, and members of the Australian cricketing fraternity, assembled at the South Chapel of the Rookwood Cemetery on Friday 12 August 2011 to bid farewell to the legendary Gamini Goonesena one of the greatest achievers Sri Lankan cricket has ever known. Former Australian test cricketer and all rounder Alan Davidson, a close friend of Gamini, delivered the eulogy reflecting on his long and distinguished cricketing career and of his gentle and friendly countenance which endeared him to all who made his acquaintance. There were no religious obsequies at the funeral – something which typified ...
Feb 10, 2023
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Tagged Gamini Goonesena, Sonny Ramadhin, Sri Lankan cricket
Warning of cricketers’ playboy lifestyles fell on deaf (ears) Years – By CALLISTUS DAVY Source : sundayobserver The case of disgraced Sri Lanka cricketer Dhanushka Gunathilaka did not happen overnight. It was some kind of a time bomb waiting to explode and warnings by the media over the conduct of present day players when compared to the gentlemen of the past was merely brushed off by an administrative system, or no system, that festered over the past 20 years. Ignorance or arrogance on the part of some so-called democratically elected administrators was the name of the game in governing the affairs of Sri Lankan cricket and journalists who have been in the business come hell or high water for 30 or 40 years and who have declined to subscribe to degradation were either seen as their enemy or the friend of their enemy. It had to take a World Cup in ...
Nov 13, 2022
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Tagged Australian Government, Dhanushka Gunathilaka, Sri Lanka cricketer, Sri Lankan cricket, World Cup
Mahela on Sri Lanka’s long road to greatness again –by Rex Clementine Source:Island After a painful rebuilding process that dragged on for years, the Sri Lankan cricket team is showing signs of turning things around. Their brilliant show in the Asia Cup in UAE was proof that the team has turned things around. The World Cup should have been the next big step forward but injuries to six players has made Sri Lanka less effective. Former captain Mahela Jayawardene is with the team as Consultant Coach and he is confident that the process that’s in place will bring the team the desired results. “We have tried to address a few issues like fitness and fielding. You saw in Asia Cup how well we fielded. We have to maintain that. It was a program that we started and we need to persevere with that. We have some good talents and we ...
Oct 31, 2022
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Tagged Dilshan Madushanka, Dushmantha Chameera, Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricket
The Captivating “Story of Sri Lankan Cricket” by Nicholas Brookes-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Martin Chandler:…. in CricketWeb, 14 August 2022, reviewing Nicholas Brookes: An Island’s Eleven: The Story of Sri Lankan Cricket, The History Press, 2022, 535 pp, Rating: 4.5 stars …. with highlighting emphasis imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi In the final sentence of his preface Nicholas Brookes expresses the view; For as much as I’ve tried to ‘tell the story of Sri Lankan cricket’, this work is merely a starting point. This is, I presume, a reference to the paucity of existing literature on Sri Lankan cricket rather than an attempt to downplay his own contribution to that particularly genre. It is inevitably unfortunate and disappointing that, to date, none of Muttiah Muralitharan, Arjuna Ranatunga, Samantha Jayasuriya, Chaminda Vaas, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara or Rangan Herath have been persuaded to write an autobiography, but the game in Sri Lanka does at least now have a ...
Sep 1, 2022
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Tagged Colvin R. De Silva, Cricket in Sri Lanka, Laddie Outschoorn, Raja Wickremasinghe, Sri Lankan cricket
Thilan Samaraweera in Australian Coaching Set-Up-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Thilan Samaraweera may not have possessed the natural talents of an Aravinda, Kumar or Mahela, but he was (and is) an intelligent and industrious man who worked at his trade. He also faced that traumatic episode when the Sri Lankan coach was attacked by Pakistani jihadists as they headed for the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore on the 3rd March 2009. He was one of those injured by shrapnel (like Tharanga Paranavithana) and despatched to hospital. Sri Lankan player Thilan Samaraweera is taken aboard an ambulance on March 4, 2009 shortly after flying home from Pakistan where the Sri Lankan team was ambushed by gunmen just before entering a cricket stadium in Lahore. Seven players were wounded in the attack that also killed eight Pakistani nationals and drew wide spread international condemnation. AFP PHOTO/ISHARA S. KODIKARA ...
Jul 25, 2022
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Sri Lanka Crisis Light of Hope – By Dr harold Gunatillake Website: www.Doctorharold.com The indomitable world around us Nations helping with a mighty rush An island separated by ethnic clashes United, with no more bashes A great future awaits our masses *Tamil Nadu sends aid worth nearly Rs 400MN which includes a consignment with rice, milk powder, medicine, and more consignments of essentials Sri Lanka today received a consignment of humanitarian aid worth over 3 billion Sri Lankan rupees from India. *The 15,000 MT consignment includes rice, milk powder, and essential medicines, according to the Indian High Commission. The Indian High Commission said that Sri Lanka would receive more assistance in the future. Ambassadors of the European Union (EU) called on President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Palace in Colombo on 24th June. “Consider European countries as friends of Sri Lanka….” “Will assist at this difficult time….” These remarks were made ...
Jun 27, 2022
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Tagged Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Indian High Commission, Shane Warne, Sri Lanka Tourism, Sri Lankan cricket, Tamil Nadu
Alert Critical: Australian cricket bats for Sri Lanka reaching out a fourth time – By Callistus Davy Source:sundayobserver.lk Cricket and cricketers in Australia have come out on yet another occasion to lend a hand to Sri Lanka making them more of a family friend sharing grief and sorrow unlike in a bygone era when some islanders misunderstood them as bullies and racists. This time the hand of the Aussie came in the form of a soothing appeal to back a United Nations move to help Sri Lanka battle against crippling food, fuel, cocking gas and agriculture shortages besides an alarming rise in prices of essential requirements to add to an acute shortage of drugs and medicine and frequent electricity blackouts that has taken the country into the dark ages of the past. In their latest intervention, Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc and batsman Steven Smith have in a video message ...
Jun 12, 2022
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What’s Happening to Cricket?- By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Everyone in Sri Lanka, from children to grown-ups, know about cricket. Though volleyball is known as Sri Lanka’s national game, cricket took its place due to its popularity. There was a time when even Kussi Ammas were engrossed in the game whenever cricket matches appeared on TV screens. When players such as Duleep Mendis, Kumar Sangakkara, Roshan Mahanama, Bandula Warnapura, Sanath Jayasuriya, Brenden Kuruppu or Arjuna Ranatunge batted, crowds were enthusiastic. The game’s enthusiasm peaked when Arjuna Ranatunge won the world cup in 1996. Cricket is a pitch and tosses game, where one team wins today and the rivals win tomorrow. The rule book says that players must act on numerous regulations and disciplinary codes vested upon the umpires, captains, and the Governing bodies. The game needs to be played according to the game’s rules and within the spirit of ...
May 11, 2022
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Tagged Bandula Warnapura, Brenden Kuruppu or Arjuna Ranatunge, Colombo Cricket Club, Danushka Gunathilake, Duleep Mendis, Gamini Dissanayake, ICC, KUMAR SANGAKKARA, Kusal Mendis, Nirosha Dickwella, Roshan Mahanama, Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka Cricket Board, Sri Lankan cricket, World Cup in 1996
