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Summary Note on WEB:

Kemar Roach rampaged his way to his 300th Test wicket, Jayden Seales, Shamar Joseph, and Alzarri Joseph all bowled menacing spells, and West Indies blasted Sri Lanka out for 101, completing a behemoth innings-and-217-run victory.2 days ago.

Andrew Fidel Fernando, IN ESPNcricinfo,

.West Indies 626 for 9 dec (Jangoo 233, Chase 194, Rathnayaka 5-124) beat Sri Lanka 308 (De Silva 120, Chandimal 54, Greaves 3-39) & 101 (Chandimal 43, Roach 4-51, Seales 3-14) by an innings and 217 runs

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Vithushan Ehantharajah ….  in ESPNcricinfo, 29 June  2026 where the title reads  ‘Stokes stokes England’s flames as his church becomes a funeral pyre”

Ben Stokes walks off after his final international innings  •  PA Images via Getty Images

To die in the church you created is a beautiful thing. Under the roof of your own guiding principles, a rare final bliss as the light fades. Comfort in the spirituality you promoted, and the faith you nurtured in others.

Ben Stokes, however, decided to burn his church to the ground. The man who kept Ashes series alive, brought World Cups back from the brink and, four years ago, resuscitated English Test cricket decided that his final act was to bring it all down in a blaze. It was utterly needless, entirely self-centred … and mind-meltingly stunning from a renegade allrounder who built his legacy out of astounding displays, but none quite like this..

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Bedgar Perera

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Michael Roberts

João Franca Guimarães Fonseca (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈɐ̃w fõˈsekɐ]; born 21 August 2006) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 24 achieved on 3 November 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 103, reached on 22 June 2026. He is the current No. 1 singles player from Brazil.^[4]

Fonseca has won two ATP Tour singles titles and one doubles title. He is also the 2024 NextGen Finals champion

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THE CEYLON SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA has a Fresh Burst of Spirit ….. & …. has stepped out with vigour

When a few Sri Lankan migrants set up an association to present their views of the situation in Sri Lanka and their experiences in Australia and the world, they adhered to their upbringing and chose to retain the “CEYLON” letterhead. That title remains and so do their attachments to the land. Some pioneers, alas, have passed away; others are ailing. …. BUT we owe them gratidue and sustaining effort.

We need to rejuvenate these patriotic commitments …. especially in the context of the blows struck by cyclone Ditwah. Jitto Arulampalam in Melbourne is one of those leading the present endeavours and THUPPAHI is happy to assist. Those who receive or see this NOTICE are encouraged to

A … take up membership in the Society by subscribing to the journal CEYLANKAN that is produced thrice (???) a year …. and …..B…. as vitally, presenting potential items for the journal – essays re their migrant experiences or why/how they migrated …. and/or outstanding photographic shots from their life experiences … and/or incisive commentary on the world around us.

  Jitto Arulampalam

  Dr Nimal Chandrasena

Prasenji Jayawickrema

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Revd Dev Anandarajan, …….whose essay in the Colombo Telegraph is entitled “Remembering Former Principal St. John’s College Jaffna: Reflections Of A Son

It is 30 years since the death of my beloved father who was killed by the LTTE on June 26th 1985. Many things have happened since then and I hope we can contemplate on the violent path taken by the LTTE and the unconditional support given by most of the Tamils to address their grievances against the Sri Lankan state.

I wonder if we have a collective maturity as citizens of Sri Lanka (Tamils, Sinhalese, Muslims, Burghers and other minorities) and Sri Lankan Diaspora to learn the lessons from the violent path from both sides and what that has led us to. Continue reading →

ESPNcricinfo staff, June 2026 …. where the title reads ““Padikkal fifty, Sudeera five-for before India A, SL A settle for draw”

    Padikkal batting …

Dilum Sudeera

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 Sanjeewa Jayaweera, whose chosen title is  “Politics, Taxation and the Need for Consensus”

The editorial in last Sunday’s Sunday Island, captioned “Fuel Crisis: Beyond Price Debate,” deserves to be applauded because it called on both the government and the opposition to stop playing politics over fuel prices. The editor concluded by stating, “It is hoped that the government and the opposition will stop fighting over fuel prices and address the serious issues that threaten the country’s energy security and economic stability.”

I believe that most Sri Lankans would agree with that sentiment, except perhaps those engaged in politics whose primary objective appears to be the attainment of power, often regardless of the cost to the country.

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Dr. Chamila S. Talagala

For the lawyers who took their oath last week, and for everyone who still believes this profession is worth saving.

There is a courtroom complex in Colombo that lawyers still call by its old name, Hulftsdorp, long after the British left and the Republic was born. Its corridors have carried the footsteps of giants of the Bar, the quiet anxieties of litigants, and the slow, formal cadence of judgments that shaped a nation. Anyone who has walked those passages for thirty years or more will tell you, often without being asked, that something has changed. The trust once placed in lawyers and the quiet authority that used to precede a senior counsel into a room, none of it is what it was twenty-five years ago, let alone fifty. This is not nostalgia speaking. It is an observation that deserves honest investigation rather than a shrug.

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Posted by Quintus Andradi in Facebook, with the title  “Unforgettable Century”   

“They gave her a name they didn’t know, a funeral they didn’t owe, and a grave they’ve tended for nearly a century. And in doing so, they answered the one question no one could solve: who she was—because she was one of them.”

In September 1927, a young girl was discovered in a shallow grave outside Fredericksburg, Texas—brutally beaten, assaulted, and buried in a grave so small her body had been forced into it. Investigators estimated she was a teenager with striking red hair and blue eyes. But despite a massive search, no one could determine who she was. As news spread, families traveled from hundreds of miles away, hoping—and fearing—that the victim might be their missing daughter. Leads poured in: witnesses reported seeing a red-haired girl traveling with two men, soldiers were questioned, a cabin with blood-stained bedding was found. Yet every promising lead eventually went cold. The girl remained nameless, a ghost haunting the Texas hill country.

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