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USA’s Imperialism Here-There-Everywhere Alarms the World
Observer from the Black Sea On 3 January 2026, the U.S. launched a military operation (“Operation Southern Spear”) in Venezuela that resulted in the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, by U.S. special forces (Delta Force). They … Continue reading →
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Bangladesh Bury Pakistan: Two-Nil Win in Tests
Michael Roberts In what is a RED-LETTER DAY in the history of cricket Bangladesh beat Pakistan twice in Test Matches played away. In the Second Test held at Rawalpindi in Pakistan, they secured a convincing win by six wickets. What … Continue reading →
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Sri Lankan Cricketers in Hard-fought Win Against Afghanistan at Home
Andrew Fidel Fernando, reporting in ESPNcricinfo on 5 February 2024, where the title reads “Jayasuriya, Asitha and batters lead Sri Lanka to comfortable win in one-off Test ….. Afghanistan’s top order fought back in the second innings, but they lost 9 … Continue reading →
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Rambanctious Middle-Class Ceylonese of Yesteryear
A NOTE from the THUPPAHIYAA, 25 February 2025 This email memo from a ‘middle class’ Sri Lankan born before World War Two and nurtured in an elite college whci addresses mates nourished in the same schools and planter/military circles is … Continue reading →
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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 … Continue reading →
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Three Cricket Captains for Sri Lanka?
News Item in the Daily Mirror, 16 December 2023 …. https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/De-Silva-Mendis-and-Hasaranga-to-appoint-as-Test-ODI-and-T20-captains/108-273379The newly appointed selection committee of Sri Lanka Cricket led by Upul Tharanga, reportedly decided to change the leadership roles for the Sri Lanka Test, ODI and T20 teams.As per … Continue reading →
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India & England Face-Off with Five T20 Matches
Shresh Shah, in ESPNcricinfo, 21 January 2025, with this title “T20 heavyweights look to draw first blood ahead of five-round bout” The two teams are in transition, but there’s plenty of firepower in both sides for what should be a … Continue reading →
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Charith Asalanka at Cricket: Richmond College & Sri Lanka
The WIKIPEDIA Entry on The Man captaining Sri Lanka Today in the ODI Field Kariyawasam Indipalage Charith Asalanka (born 29 June 1997) is a Sri Lankan professional cricketer who currently serves as the captain of the Sri Lanka national team in white-ball formats of T20I and ODI and is … Continue reading →
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Introducing an Essay on an Ethnic Confrontation at a Cricket Match in 1981
Michael Roberts This ‘encounter’ took place in 1981 and involved a Burgher Sri Lankan barracker earning the combined ‘resistance’ of an Aussie cricketer and Sinhala bystander (Sinha). As an observer of this set of exchanges, I moved beyond a clarification … Continue reading →
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Bam! Bam! Scoop! Aussies Outdo England in High-Scoring ODI
Michael Roberts Though England galloped to the high score of 351 runs being asked to bat first in the Champions Trophy match at Lahore, Australia ran that target down with 15 balls to spare …. aided by a century from … Continue reading →
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