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Those Directing Sri Lanka Cricket TODAY ….
Michael Roberts
I realised that I had limited information about who held the reins of Sri Lanka cricket these days and That my knowledge was, at best, partial. In rendying this abysmal shortcoming, I am presenting basic .details drawn from the web. It seems that the cotreie of powerprokers associated with Shammie Silva and Jayanatha Dharmadasa continue to command the board room; while Ashley de silva remains as CEO. This may not be a necessarily detrimental dimension ….. I simply do not know
It is the Selection Committee and coaching staff [including physios] who really matter. Some of these details are also presented below. I invite commentary.
Shammi Silvs spesking …with Jayantha Dharmadasa on his right
Sri Lanka win another Nailbiter against Zimbabwe
Preliminary Thoughts from Afar from Michael Roberts
& Another pulsating tight finish! …. Good for cricket.
& Sri Lanka delivered 17 WIDES …. Seventeen -with Madushanka (5) and Chameera (4) the worst culprits
& Sikander Raza (a Pakistani Punjabi) once again revealed his cricketing capacities – showing that, at 39 years, Age is not a barrier to continuing excellence
& Pathum Nissanka was solid as usual as opening bat and composed 122 runs at 89.7 s/r …. deservedly securing the Man-of-the-Match award.
Pathum Nissanka
Sikander Raza Continue reading
A Pulsating Cricket Match capped with A Final Over Hat-Trick
Andrew Fidel Fernando in ESPNcricinfo, 29 August 2025, where the title reads “Madushanka seals thriller with last-over hat-trick”
Raza had valiantly revived Zimbabwe’s chase through the middle overs but he could not take them over the line ……. Sri Lanka 298 for 6 (Nissanka 76, Liyanage 70*, Kamindu 57, Ngarava 2-34) beat Zimbabwe 291 for 8 (Raza 92, Curran 70, Williams 57, Madushanka 4-62, Fernando 3-50) by seven runs
A spectacular Dilshan Madushanka hat-trick derailed a scintillating Zimbabwe chase in the final over, which Sikandar Raza had valiantly revived through the middle overs. Raza had brought Zimbabwe to the cusp of what would have been a famous victory. They needed ten off the last over, he himself was on strike and batting beautifully on 92 off 86 balls, and at the other end was Tony Munyonga, with whom he’d shared a 128-run stand.
Dilshan Madushanka produced a final over hat trickSri Lanka Snatch Victory from the Jaws of Defeat
First 50-Over ODI in Harare is a Nailbiter
… followed by this Thuppahiyaaa on ball-by-ball script in ESPN ……………… With one MADUSHANKA producing a hat trick in Over no 50 to complement Asitha Fernando’s superb over no 49
RESULT
1st ODI, Harare, August 29, 2025, Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe
end of over 502 runs • 3 wickets
ZIM: 291/8CRR: 5.82
Tony Munyonga43 (52b 1×4)
Blessing Muzarabani1 (1b)
Dilshan Madushanka10-0-62-4
Asitha Fernando10-0-50-3
49.6
1
Madushanka to Munyonga, 1 run …… length ball outside off, swung away high and over mid-off running back. The ball falls safe but it’s Sri Lanka that celebrate – they have snuck through by 7 runs!
PK: “This is the danger of not giving it some serious welly in the 45-49 overs.
49.5
•
Madushanka to Munyonga, no run
Wide yorker, misses and Sri Lanka are home free!
Boundary needed here, and nothing else.
Odinlass : “Hahahaha! My word! This is outrageous!”
49.4
Madushanka to Muzarabani, 1 run ….. full outside off, swings this and connects well. Down to long-on. Munyonga of course not coming back for the second
49.3
W
Madushanka to Ngarava, OUT
Hattrick for Madushanka! Talk about your redemption arcs, a forgettable day is fast becoming one to be etched in stone! This was quick and straight and Ngarava had no choice but to swing at it. Too good for him though, far too good
Richard Ngarava b Madushanka 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
Ashraf: “what have u done @Hayes???”
Akindu: “Madushanka YOU BEAUTY!!! clutch play to move the odds toward SL. “
Nuur: “…And that is the problem with one man shows. When that one man is gone, show is over”
49.2
W
Madushanka to Evans, OUT
Two in two! Full outside off, looks for the scoop but it can’t clear short fine who peddles back and holds on smartly! Harare is silenced.
Brad Evans c AM Fernando b Madushanka 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
Alan: “Finally a jinx worked”
abhi : “Had to jinx him Hayes”
49.1
W
Madushanka to Raza, OUT
Oh my word, he’s crushed middle stump! Big gaps on the onside and Raza moves across looking to sweep this for four. But this a yorker on the base of middle stump. And quick. Raza has to trudge of desolately
Sikandar Raza b Madushanka 92 (87b 8×4 0x6) SR: 105.74
Travels & Travails: Cycling Along Australia’s Ocean Roads
An Editor’s Apologetic Note, August 2025
I got to know Eardley because his anthropological fieldwork and dissertation in Uva in Sri Lanka came to m attention way back, maybe in the 1980s when I was teaching in Adelaide. I think we met once or twice in Sydney. That is how Eardley’s subsequent “adventure” … presented below … came into my files.
…. and THEN got swallowed up somewhere. But fortune has favoured the arduous and I can tell the world WHAT no other migrant Sri Lankan Aussie has done …... A BUGGER OF A JOURNEY
Eardley Lieversz
Women’s Cricket: World Cup in India & Lanka, 2025
Anjana Kaluarachchi, at CEYLON TODAY, 22 August 2025 where the title reads “Revised Schedule: Colombo to Host 11 Matches of ICC Women’s World Cup”
The ICC has released a revised schedule for the upcoming ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025, jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka from 30 September to 2 November. Due to the unavailability of M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Navi Mumbai will replace Bengaluru as one of the five host venues. The DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai is now set to stage five key fixtures, including three league matches, a semi-final, and potentially the final on 2 November.
Face-to-Face: Sons of Lankan Cricketing Greats
Rex Clementine
Sri Lankan Squad for ODIs in Zimbabwe
ITEM in Adadarena, 22 August 2025
The 16-member national cricket One-Day International squad for the tour of Zimbabwe has been announced. The team is scheduled to depart for Zimbabwe tomorrow (22).
