A MEMO From Michael Roberts as Editor, Thuppahi, July 2025
The Word Press system keeps me informed about the HITs on TPS items everyday and also assembles figures for each week. Reviewing these details provides one with a glimpse of internet viewers and their interests. As an exercise with this objective I provide figures of HITS on items carrying biographical tales.
HEREWITh, then, are the figures of such hits — HITS on bio-tales –– during the past week.
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Hiran Hewavisenti in FACEBOOK,, 3 July 2025
The skipper leads from the front, has a cool head and makes all the right moves with his timely bowling changes.
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1=Matheesha Pathirana (Retained)– CSK .. INR 13 Crore (LKR 44.89 Crore)Alex Malcolm in ESPNcricinfo, 29 March 025
Liam O’Loughlin in NineSport.com, 25 March 2025, …with a title that is far too long
It often flies under the radar, but this week’s Sheffield Shield final could be one for the ages and have ramifications for a number of players. While all the talk has been around Usman Khawaja‘s hamstring injury – or lack thereof, depending on who you ask – plenty of other big names will be in action.
South Australia have been the dominant team all season in the Australian first-class competition and boast a well-balanced squad that has proved tough to beat.
Alex Carey has been the form player of the competition when available, with an average in the 90s and three centuries in just four matches to his name.
Alex Carey has been in red-hot form in Sheffield Shield. Getty
A Note From S. SKANDAKUMAR in the hills of Uva, March 2025
Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene scored 624 runs in partnership for the third wicket for Sri Lanka vs South Africa at the SSC grounds in 2006. This remains a world record for any wicket. Harry Solomons in Sydney, being Harry, marked this great feat by sending a pictorial MOMENTO to a former ambassador in Australia who was also a cricketer and a cricket commentator, namely, Somachandra Skandakumar.
Rex Clementine, in The Island, 16 March 2025, where the title reads “Chandraguptha in the running for a Test spot”
We have just witnessed a fiercely contested First-Class season culminate in Bloomfield being crowned champions – a long-awaited triumph after 15 years in the wilderness. The tournament had all the hallmarks of a riveting contest, but as the dust settles, a significant shake-up has taken center stage.
PIX censored by Malware = Ron Chandraguptha was unstoppable in the First-Class final, delivering a match-defining knock that secured Bloomfield’s first title in 15 years. A strong showing in the NSL could now earn him a Test cap
SL Women won by 7 wickets (with 35 balls remaining)
Alex Malcolm in ESPNcricinfo, 9 March 2025
South Australia 283 (McSweeney 60, O’Neill 5-51, Boland 4-53) and 300 for 6 (Lehmann 105*, Scott 83, Hunt 66, Boland 3-69) beat Victoria 285 (Kellaway 79, Thornton 4-42, Buckingham 4-70) and 297 (Kellaway 77, Dixon 76, Scott 4-49) by six wickets
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