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November 5, 2024 · 7:17 pm

How the SSC Penetrated the Long Room at the Lords Cricket Ground

Lam Seneviratne, whose choice of title is “Lords -My Claim to Fame” … quite an appropriate point

I had presented to the MCC at Lords a painting of the Singhalese Sports Club grounds in 1975 to mark the first ODI World Cup event.

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October 27, 2024 · 9:51 am

The Gunasekara Lineage in Ceylon Cricket

Alston Mahadevan is with Johann Gunasekara …. In FACEBOOK …………… https://www.facebook.com/groups/277933739075780/?multi_permalinks=923211474548000&ref=share ……………………..  Cricketing dynasties of Ceylon Part 1 – The Gunasekaras

When Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon, cricket was nurtured by many outstanding cricketers and administrators including the three cricketing families, the Gunasekaras, the De Sarams and the Kelaarts. They had a significant impact from the turn of the twentieth century to the 1960s.

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October 18, 2024 · 11:12 am

Sri Lankan Cricketers fashion a Solid Win in Third ODI at Dambulla

Andrew Fidel Fernando in ESPNcricinfo, …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor Thuppahi

Sri Lanka 166 for 1 (Kusal Mendis 68*, Kusal Perera 55*) beat West Indies 162 for 8 (Powell 37, Motie 32, Theekshana 2-19) by nine wickets

Pathum Nissanka came out of the blocks firing•Getty

 

 

Pathum Nissanka sent Sri Lanka’s chase screaming out of the blocks, before Kusal Mendis and Kusal Perera put on a clinical and unbeaten 106-run stand for the second wicket. For a team that had never before beaten West Indies in a T20I series, this chase was almost too effortless to believe. Each of the top three produced sparkling innings, as the hosts galloped to the target of 163 with 12 balls remaining, in front of a packed Poya-day crowd in Dambulla.

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October 16, 2024 · 9:16 pm

Undermined! Waylaid! Wellalage leads Demolition of the Windies at Dambulla

ESPNcricinfo Review, October 2024

Sri Lanka 162 for 5 (Nissanka 54, Kusal Mendis 26, Shepherd 2-23) beat West Indies 89 (Powell 20, Wellalage 3-9, Asalanka 2-6, Theekshana 2-7) by 73 runs

Dunith Wellalage is congratulated by his team-mates for dismissing Roston Chase  •  Associated Press

Sri Lanka’s spinners ripped through the West Indies batters on a turning Dambulla surface to level the series at one apiece, as they won the second ODI by 73 runs.
Debutant Dunith Wellalage – belatedly making his T20I bow – was the pick of the bowlers, ending with figures of 3 for 9, while Maheesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga and Charith Asalanka grabbed two each. Matheesha Pathirana was the sole seamer to pick up a wicket in the innings.W

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October 16, 2024 · 1:23 am

Ranjan Madugalle: For Cricket. In Cricket

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Played 21 Tests and 63 ODI games for Sri Lanka. Became an ICC Match Referee in December 1993. Officiated the ICC CWC final in 1999 and 2003. He was one of the five match-referees at ICC CWC 2011.

 

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October 9, 2024 · 11:29 pm

Hot Press: Windies vs Sri Lanka ….. Lining Up

ONE: Sanath Jayasuriya appointed as Coach — Two Year Appointment 

Former captain Sanath Jayasuriya has been appointed Sri Lanka’s head coach after a successful period in charge on an interim basis.

The 55-year-old former all-rounder took over in July following the departure of ex-England coach Chris Silverwood. Under Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka won the third Test against England at The Oval and beat New Zealand in two Tests last month.

He has been appointed on a contract until the end of March 2026 – a period taking in the next T20 World Cup which Sri Lanka will co-host with India in early 2026.

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October 9, 2024 · 12:42 am

Kamindu Mendis Leaps Unto The World Cricket Stage

Nick Brookes, writing at MURALI END where the title runs ”How Kamindu set the world alight”

It’s been quite the year for Kamindu Mendis.

Cast your mind back to January. Kamindu was on the outside looking in – yet to make a mark in any form of international cricket. For years, he’d been ‘the next cab off the rank’, yet that tag is misleading. Kamindu was more like a tuk-tuk driver searching for passengers in the wilderness; waiting for a fare which increasingly looked like it may never arrive.

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October 6, 2024 · 2:01 pm

Harry Solomons stars in Over 70s World Cup

Johnny De Silva — ”You just cannot keep this bloke down … can you?”

Representing Sri Lanka in the Over 70s Cricket World Cup being played in the UK, Harry knocked up a great 78 in 134 balls playing against the usual team he represents in Seniors Cricket – Australia. I was fortunate enough to see Harry’s innings in the dead of night via social media.  Australia remains the only team that has won all their matches so far.

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September 29, 2024 · 7:44 pm

Freak Statistical ‘Events’ in Second Test at Galle

Sampath Bandarapulli … in ESPNcricinfo 29 September 2024, where the title reads “Stats – SL’s best year in Tests since 2006”

Stats highlights from Galle, where Sri Lanka crushed New Zealand by an innings and 154 runs

Dhananjaya de Silva took five catches, all off Prabath Jayasuriya, in the first innings  

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September 29, 2024 · 7:07 pm

Kiwis battle strong, but lose Test Two

Andrew Fidel Fernando, in ESPNcricinfo, 29 September 2024 where the title reads  “Peiris five-for puts Sri Lanka in sight of series sweep” 

New Zealand’s lower middle order put up a fight, but couldn’t avoid an innings defeat ….. Sri Lanka 602 for 5 dec (Kamindu 182, Chandimal 116, Kusal 106*, Mathews 88, Phillips 3-141) beat New Zealand 88 (Jayasuriya 6-42, Peiris 3-33) and 360 (Phillips 78, Santner 67, Conway 61, Blundell 60, Peiris 6-170, Jayasuriya 3-139) by an innings and 154 runs

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