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September 19, 2025 · 9:20 pm

A Ripping & Gripping Cricketing Fight: Lanka vs Afghanistan

Michael Roberts

The 20-Over Contest between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi was a rip-roaring and thrilling contest that generated several marvellous performances (which I did not watch live because of time differences & other demands).

Let me outlines some noteworthy features.

  1. The everlasting senior Mohammed Naby’s launch of five sixes in the final over from Dunith Wellalage!   ,,, Mohammad Nabi Profile – Cricket Player Afghanistan _ Stats, Records, Video
  2. Dusmantha Chameera’s failure in this match – conceding 50 runs four overs in what was a striking contrast from his super figures in two previous matches.
  3. Nuwan Thushara’s bowling figures of 4 for18…. quite outstanding.
  4. Wanindu Hasaranga’s 0 wkts for 18 runs at 4.50….what economy!
  5. Pathum Nissanka’s failure…unusual for this anchor-man!
  6. Kusal Mendis’s noteworthy 74 runs n.o.in 52 balls at a rate of 142.30
  7. Kamindu Mendis’s 26 runs in 13 balls at the end of the SL innings

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September 16, 2025 · 11:55 am

Hong Kong Give Sri Lanka A Scare in Asia Cup

ITEM in The Island, 16 Septmber  2025 with this title “Nissanke helps Sri Lanka edge sloppy Hong Kong in a thriller”

A Pathum Nissanka fifty at the top of the innings, and a Wanidu Hasaranga cameo at the end saw Sri Lanka survive a scare from the group’s lowest-ranked team, Hong Kong. .

In two disciplines, Hong Kong were valiant. Anshy Rath batted with determination to score 48, and Nizakat Khan with verve to make 52 not out off 38, the pair driving Hong Kong to a total of 149 for 4.

Pathum Nissanka anchored Sri Lanka’s innings [Cricinfo]   ... PIX rejects copying

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September 15, 2025 · 12:40 pm

Advanced Lighting Systems for Two Cricket Stadiums in Lanka

News Item in The Island, 15 September 2025… with this  title “DIMO Installs Sri Lanka’s first ICC-compliant LED floodlights for stadiums”

Advanced features include zoned lighting control for partial stadium use … [with activation  here  in  TPS  made possible  by  KK de  Silva,  of  St Aloysius College  cricket  in the mid-late  1950s  and the SL Admin-Service]

Reinforcing its leadership in sports infrastructure development, DIMO has successfully completed the installation of Sri Lanka’s first and second LED floodlighting systems at two of the country’s most iconic cricket stadiums. The first installation was completed at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium (RDICS) in 2023, followed by the second at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium (RPICS) in Colombo in 2025.

This milestone builds on DIMO’s historic achievement in the 1980s, when it made global headlines by installing Sri Lanka’s first and the world’s second floodlighting system at RPICS, cementing its legacy as a pioneer in sports lighting technology.

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September 14, 2025 · 11:29 am

Karthik’s Appraisal of the Bangladesh-Lanka T20 Match

Karthik Krishnaswamy in ESPNcriciinfo, 13 September 2025

Sri Lanka 140 for 4 (Nissanka 50, Mishara 46*, Mahedi 2-29) beat Bangladesh 139 for 5 (Shamim 42*, Jaker 41*, Hasaranga 2-25) by six wickets
They were locked 8-8 in T20Is in the decade leading up to this match, and all signs pointed to the first close contest of this Asia Cup after it kicked off with four mismatches. It was a bit of an anticlimax in the end, however, with Sri Lanka brushing Bangladesh aside by six wickets, with 32 balls remaining.
 Given the high stakes of this group-of-death contest, Sri Lanka got everything they wanted from it: two points and a massive net-run-rate boost. Bangladesh, who had already copped criticism for taking 17.4 overs to chase down 144 against Hong Kong, now face an uphill task to qualify for the Super Four.

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September 9, 2025 · 1:52 am

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.

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September 8, 2025 · 2:05 am

AKD: ‘Palm Leaves’ For Tamils & Jaffna

Rajan Philips in    7 September 2025, where the title runs thus: “Crowded agenda includes Cricket but no visit to Chemmani”  … wth highlights imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi

The President goes to Jaffna! ... President Anura Kumara Dissanayake made yet another visit to Jaffna last week. With all good intentions, he may be on course to set a record for visiting Jaffna more times than all his predecessors combined. There is no Lyn Ludowyk among us to make a political satire of presidents going to Jaffna, reversing the time honoured old trope – “He Comes from Jaffna!”.

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September 5, 2025 · 12:42 pm

Vale … Lareef Idroos: A Gathering in Los Angeles

Dr Mohamed Lareef Idroos of La Canada, Ca. passed away on September 1st, 2025.

Beloved husband of Nabila and father of Shireen, Sabrina and Samira

Funeral will be on Thursday, September 4th …..at Rose Hills Memorial Park, 3900 Workman Mill Road, Whittier, Ca……………..at 10 am

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Dr Lareef Idroos, was a past pupil of St Thomas College……….. He headed the Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Hollywood, Ca……………….A highly respected and loved doctor to all his patients.

Lareef Idroos was a successful leg-spin and googly bowler for S. Thomas’ College in the late 1950s; entered the Medical Faculty circa 1960 and was a member of the University of Ceylon cricket team under Carlyle Perera which secured the Sara Trophy during a spectacular season 1962/63. After he migrated to USA in the 1970s, he played for USA in the ODI tournaments conducted by the ICC in the late 1970s.

“Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un”

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September 4, 2025 · 1:30 am

Another Nailbiter in Zimbabwe ODI: Remarkable Last Stage Win

LIVE COVERAGE of Last Stages followed ball-by-ball by the Thuppahiyaaaa !

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA – MAY 30: Kamindu Mendis …..  (Photo by Alex Davidson-ICC/ICC via Getty Images)

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September 3, 2025 · 1:29 am

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

 

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September 1, 2025 · 1:40 am

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.                                                                                        

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