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 ...
Jul 5, 2022
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