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)
Pathum Nissanka
AI Looms Over Our Future …. Look-Out!
ITEM in LUMEN, Adelaide University Magazine, September 2025 or so … no date specified clearly & bearing this title: “The Future and AI” …. Authorship unclear: maybe Carolyn Semmler, maybe Isaac Freeman
Whether we like it, or not, artificial intelligence is here to stay. The genie is out of the bottle. Its rapid evolution has been embraced by some, and met with raised eyebrows by others.
In our earlier issue of Lumen this year, we asked readers to describe their hopes and fears for the future. AI was an overwhelmingly present theme.
We shared some of these letters with academics from both the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia to help clarify and respond to concerns on four broad themes: impact on jobs; global security; wellbeing; and the potential for cognitive decline.
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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
Transforming Gaza …… “The Great Trust”
Outback Aussie
The Great Trust is a 38-page document setting out plans to turn Gaza into a grand American Riveria by constructing over the bones and bodies of Palestinians — hotels, casinos, bordellos, condominiums, golf courses, and million-dollar seaside properties. America has no legal basis for taking control of Gaza but they want to do it anyway which is why the US and the West support the genocide in Gaza, ethnic cleansing, and if need be the extermination of all Palestinians in Gaza.
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Learning Law with Aid From Colvin R de Silva
A Guy named Talagalla, … with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi
I am just penning this note after finishing my research for the day, before the thoughts dissipate into the quiet of the evening. The cases I read, the legislation I examined, and the scholarly writings I consulted all converged in my mind, and they brought me back to a lesson I once received from my senior, Mr. D.S. Wijesinghe, President’s Counsel, passed down from his own mentor, Dr. Colvin R. de Silva. The story of how Dr. de Silva engaged with the law has lingered in me for years, and it bears repeating, for stories carry the weight of wisdom in ways instructions never can.
High Rise Overkill in Colombo City Centre
Sanjiva Wijesinha, in Facebook, where the title runs “The loss of habitat and heritage”
Last Sunday morning I went for my usual walk to Galle Face Green.
It is a habit I have cultivated over the years – an early morning walk before the sun gets too hot, when I can inhale the fresh ozone-laden air coming in from the Indian Ocean and invigorate my physical body while refreshing my mind. My custom used to be to start where the Galle Face Hotel stands, walk out towards Galle Buck and the old light house or even as far as the Port Maritime Museum and then walk back, which would take me about an hour. In recent times, I have changed my route from time to time – turning round at the roundabout opposite the old Parliament (now the Presidential Secreta-riat) and walking along the road that passes behind the Shangri-La, the ITC Ratnadipa and the Taj Samudra hotels back to my starting point. As I return along this road I can see on my left across the Beira Lake the Cinnamon City of Dreams hotel.
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 trick
