Lungani Zama, courtesy of Daily News and Sunday Tribune
Everywhere you turn in Sri Lanka there is a cricket “match” on the go. They have an insatiable appetite for the game and the locals couldn’t wait for the opening ODI against South Africa played recently. In hindsight, I should have known better than to think that the sledging that the likes of Kumar Sangakarra and Co occasionally engage in is confined to the middle. Yours truly briefly joined an impromptu street game this week, and they certainly didn’t hold back in the slip cordon.
One bright spark told me that I used the same salon as Lasith Malinga – but shared a chef with the unmistakeable Arjuna Ranatunga! Suffice to say, he won’t be on my souvenir-receiving list. Continue reading










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