Police in action at The Oval, when about 20 demonstrators rushed onto the pitch during Sri Lanka’s match against Australia. They were protesting against Sri Lanka’s team choice being racially biased … Photograph: PA Archive
MENDIS KO. The Sri Lankan batsman Duleep Mendis is carried from the field after being struck on the head by a bouncer from Australia’s Jeff Thomson. … Getty Images.. ……… https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2015/feb/13/memory-lane-the-cricket-world-cup-in-pictures
ALSO SEE
ALSO SEE
- Roberts: “Symbolic Tamil Demonstrations at Cricket Events,” December 2010, https://thuppahis.com/2010/12/26/symbolic-tamil-incursions-at-cricket-events-1975-and-2008/
- “Tamil Demonstrations at Uxbridge Cricket Match, 14 May 2011,” chttps://thuppahis.com/2011/05/17/tamil-demonstration-at-uxbridge-cricket-match/
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