Compiled by Michael Roberts …
Murali is ’embraced’ by Tamil fans in Jaffna in 2004
Dr. Barclay “Buddy” Reid 2022 “Muralitharan: the arm that did not chuck,” 21 December 2021, https://thuppahis.com/2022/12/21/muralitharan-the-arm-that-did-not-chuck/
School of Human Movement, UWA 2004 “The Murali Report,” 15 May 2004, https://www.rediff.com/cricket/2004/may/15murali.htm …. signed by Daryl Foster
Michael Roberts 1998a “Controversies: The Sri Lankan Cricket team’s 1995/96 tour of Australia,” in M Roberts & S. James, Crosscurrents: Sri Lanka and Australia at Cricket, Sydney: Walla Walla Press, pp. 112-23.
Michael Roberts 1998b “Fundamentalism in Cricket: Crucifying Muralitharan,” in M Roberts & S. Jam 4-5es, Crosscurrents: Sri Lanka and Australia at Cricket, Sydney: Walla Walla Press, pp.
Michael Roberts & Alfred James 1998 Crosscurrents: Sri Lanka and Australia at Cricket, Sydney: Walla Walla Press
Michael Roberts 2004 “About technology: Bruce Elliot and the doosra,” https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/about-techhology-bruce-elliott-the-doosra-134303
Wisden Cricinfo Staff 2004 “Murali’s doosra should be allowed says report,” 30 April 2004.
three ‘pictures’ composed by Ravi Goonetilleka in Hong Kong, early 1996
Bal, Sambit, 2006 “The Throwing Controversy: Save the Doosra,” in Michael Roberts, Essaying Cricket, Colombo: Vijitha Yapa Publications, pp.314-16.
Kesavan, Mukul 2006 “Is Murali the greatest spinner ever?” Cricinfo Magazine, July 2006, and http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/255809.html
Roebuck Peter 2006 “Secret Filming Reveals Extent of Bowlers who Chuck,” in Michael Roberts, Essaying Cricket, Colombo: Vijitha Yapa Publications, pp. 321-23.
Whimpress, Bernard 2006 “Murali’s Chucking Episodes in Australia,” in Michael Roberts, Essaying Cricket, Colombo: Vijitha Yapa Publications, pp. 305-13.
Wijesuriya, Glucka 2006 “Murali and the Bowling Issue,” in Michael Roberts, Essaying Cricket, Colombo: Vijitha Yapa Publications, pp. 317-20.
Michael Roberts 2005 “Saving Murali’s doosra: five unsung heroes,” …………….. http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/04/saving-muralis-doosra-five-unsung.html
Michael Roberts 2005 “Sri Lanka: the Power of Cricket & Power in Cricket”, Cricket and National Identity in the Post-Colonial Age: Following On, ed. by Stephen Wagg, London: Routledge, pp. 132-58.
Michael Roberts 2006 Forces and Strands in Sri Lanka’s Cricketing History, Colombo: Social Scientists’ Association.
Michael Roberts 2009 “Wunderkidz in a Blunderland: Tensions & Tales from Sri Lankan Cricket,” in Dominic Malcolm, Jon Gemmell and Nalin Mehta (eds.) Sport and Society, vol. 12, nos. 4/5, special issue on Cricket; International and Interdisciplinary Approaches, 2009, pp. 566-78.
Michael Roberts 2011 “Cricket under Siege: The Lahore Attack, 3 March 2009,” in Roberts, Incursions & Excursions in and around Sri Lankan Cricket, Colombo: Vijitha Yapa Publications, 2011, 139-64.
Michael Roberts 2011 “Saving Murali: Action On-field and Off-field, 1995-2009,” in Roberts, Incursions & Excursions in and around Sri Lankan Cricket, Colombo: Vijitha Yapa Publications, 2011, pp. 111-139….. This essay is possibly the most comprehensive history of Murlai’s struggles and honours the many personnel who aided him and Sri Lankan cricket to surmount prejudice, hostility and power-on-high.
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