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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 ...

Aug 27, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Muttiah Muralitharan, Nimesh Perera, SLT Mobitel School Cricketers, Tilan Samaraweera

Dimuth on the verge of several batting milestones – by Sunil Thenabadu (sports editor – eLanka) Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne will equal the World Record for most consecutive fifties in Test match cricket if he scores a half-century in the first innings of the second Test against West Indies in Galle starting Monday. Sri Lanka’s Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne has hit a purple stripe this year and the 147 he scored against West Indies in the first Test in Galle this week was his fourth hundred in 2021. The 33-year-old came up with an similarly solid 83 in the second innings as Sri Lanka won by 187 runs with a session to spare. His feats have seen him accruing 854 runs this year in Test cricket at an average of 77. Only Joe Root and Rohit Sharma have scored more runs in 2021 although they have played more games ...

Nov 30, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Andy Flower, Chris Rogers and K.L. Rahul, ICC Test Championship, Joe Root, KUMAR SANGAKKARA, Mahela Jayawardene, Marvan Atapattu, Rohit Sharma, Shivnaraine Chanderpaul, T. M. Dilshan, Tilan Samaraweera

Dimuth on the verge of several batting milestones – by Sunil Thenabadu Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne will equal the World Record for most consecutive fifties in Test match cricket if he scores a half-century in the first innings of the second Test against West Indies in Galle starting Monday. Sri Lanka’s Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne has hit a purple stripe this year and the 147 he scored against West Indies in the first Test in Galle this week was his fourth hundred in 2021. The 33-year-old came up with an similarly solid 83 in the second innings as Sri Lanka won by 187 runs with a session to spare. His feats have seen him accruing 854 runs this year in Test cricket at an average of 77. Only Joe Root and Rohit Sharma have scored more runs in 2021 although they have played more games with the England captain participating ...

Nov 28, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Andy Flower, Chris Rogers and K.L. Rahul, Dimuth Karunaratne, KUMAR SANGAKKARA, Mahela Jayawardene, Marvan Atapattu, Shivnaraine Chanderpaul, Sri Lanka skippe, T. M. Dilshan, Test match, Tilan Samaraweera, West Indies

The kid who came to Colombo to study law-by Rex Clementine In late 1990s, there was a kid from Kandy who came to Colombo to pursue his studies in law. In 1980s, the universities had been closed due to the JVP insurrection and as a result there was a backlog in enrolling students to complete their degrees. The kid from Kandy had to wait for two years for his chance to enter university in a bid to become a lawyer going in the footsteps of his father. So with lot of spare time at his disposal, he decided to play some cricket and was employed by Informatics for a salary of Rs. 4000. Brendon Kuruppu was running cricket at Informatics. Around the same time, the national cricket team fared so poorly in the ICC Cricket World Cup in 1999 in England despite being defending champions. Captain, seniors, cricket board and ...

Jun 15, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Avishka Gunawardene, KUMAR SANGAKKARA, Mahela Jayawardene, Tilan Samaraweera

Exodus of white South African cricket talent -by Rex Clementine Source:Island Every time Sri Lankan teams go to South Africa, they ask the locals one question. ‘What happened to Marchant de Langa?’ The six foot seven inch tall quick, made his Test debut against the Sri Lankans in Durban in 2011. He took seven wickets in the first innings and his victims included Kumar Sangakkara, Angelo Mathews, and Tilan Samaraweera et al. Yet, after that, he was hardly heard of. So what actually happened to de Langa? Well, he turned ‘Kolpak’ preferring County Cricket in England instead of Test cricket for his country. Isn’t that absurd? One may wonder. The ultimate joy for any player is to represent your country. That too, after you had proven yourself in Test cricket, why do you want to return to First Class cricket? Well, the reason being, white South African cricketers get a ...

Nov 30, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Angelo Mathews, KUMAR SANGAKKARA, Tilan Samaraweera