Simon Gully
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The Three Amigos at the World’s Peak
Simon Gully
Filed under authoritarian regimes, centre-periphery relations, China and Chinese influences, disparagement, governance, human rights, landscape wondrous, life stories, military strategy, performance, politIcal discourse, power politics, security, self-reflexivity, trauma, truth as casualty of war, unusual people, war reportage, world events & processes, zealotry
Putin’s Puppet in the White House
Frank Collins
Golden-boy Trump has renamed the Department of Defence as the Department of War which is a better name given the forever wars the US have mounted since 1945. He believes the US has never won a war since 1945 because the Pentagon had the wrong name ‘Department of Defence’. Now that it is called “Department of War”, he is confident the US will win every war from now on. It’s all the name. He won his first battle the other day against Venezuela when American fighter jets blew up a Venezuelan fishing boat instantly killing 11 fisherman which Trump claimed was a boat laden with drugs bound for the US, 1000 miles away, even though the jet engine boat only had sufficient petrol to travel 200 miles.
Mishara leads Many Hands in Stride to Victory in Third ODI
Sunil Thenabadu in ?? ….where the title runs thus: “MISHARA”S 73* AND KUSAL PERERA’S 46* SEALS SERIES T 20 WIN FOR SRI LANKA”
Mishara’s maiden fifty seals Sri Lanka’s T20I series against Zimbabwe He added an unbroken 117 for the third wicket with KJ Perera as SL chased 192 down
Sri Lanka 193 for 2 (Mishara 73*, Perera 46*, Evans 1-28) beat Zimbabwe 191 for 8 (Marumani 51, Raza 28, Hemantha 3-38) by eight wickets
Zimbabwe put forward a team effort led by Tadiwanashe Marumani’s fourth T20I fifty to post an imposing 191 for 8. But Sri Lanka’s top four batters made light work of their target by ending the game with 14 balls and eight wickets to spare. With it, Sri Lanka took the series 2-1.
Zimbabwe Squash Sri Lanka
Andrew Fidel Fernando in ESPNcricinfo, 6 September 2025
Sri Lanka never recovered from a terrible start • Associated Press
Zimbabwe 84 for 5 (Musekiwa 21*, Burl 20*, Chameera 3-19) beat Sri
Zimbabwe 84 for 5 (Musekiwa 21*, Burl 20*, Chameera 3-19) beat Sri Lanka 80 (Mishara 20, Raza 3-11, Evans 3-15, Muzarabani 2-14) by five wickets
Sri Lanka crashed to their second-lowest T20I total ever, going down for 80 inside 18 overs, as Sikandar Raza, Brad Evans, and Blessing Muzarabani shared eight wickets between them. At no point in their batting innings did Sri Lanka stage even a mild recovery. There was a 26-run partnership for sixth wicket, but even that appeared laboured, and had multiple close calls.
Zimbabwe‘s top partnership was also worth just 26, but they strung greater periods of batting competence together, even in the face of some penetrative bowling from Dushmantha Chameera. Tashinga Musekiwa’s assured 21 not out off 12 balls helped the hosts stroll to victory in the 15th over.
Filed under accountability, cricket selections, life stories, performance, trauma
A Cricketer Who Survived ……..
From FACEBOOK Entry by Lankan Lions, Sept 2025
He made a brilliant century, which set up Zimbabwe’s first ever Test win when they beat Pakistan in 1995. Two years later, scoring 203 against New Zealand, he became the youngest Zimbabwean batsman to score a Test double century. He has represented Zimbabwe in three World Cups (1996), 1999, and 2003, and during his 10-year career, he took 139 international wickets in addition to 4912 international runs.
Presenting Curious Things with Humour & Discernment
Stephen Keim, reviewing Richard Glover’s BEST WISHES , ABC Books.
Richard Glover has been in the humour and entertainment business for a very long time. He has written a weekly humour column for the Sydney Morning Herald since 1985. Since January 1996, he has presented the 3.30-6.30 pm drive segment on 702 ABC Sydney. This role came to an end in November 2024, after just short of 29 years. He has published 15 books prior to Best Wishes.
The roles of humour columnist and radio presenter include making observations about various curious things about the way we live in society and presenting them in a way that informs and entertains and, in the best case, brings a smile to people’s faces.
Vale: Bishop Kenneth Fernando
From Wikipedia …………… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Fernando
Kenneth Michael James Fernando (25 July 1932–3 September 2025) was a Sri Lankan Anglican clergyman who was Bishop of Colombo.[1][2][3]
Born in Moratuwa and educated at Prince of Wales’ College, Moratuwa and Royal College, Colombo and at the University of Oxford, he served as the Secretary of the Diocese before he was elected as the Bishop of Colombo. He served as the Vicar of Maharagama Anglican Church prior to his ordination. Fernando died on 3 September 2025, at the age of 93.[4][5]
