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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 … Continue reading →
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Aggressive Defence! Encountering Emus in Belair National Park
Thuppahi’s recent item on the readiness of mother wild animals – an Elk in this tale – to enter into human contact at close quarters encouraged a Sri Lankan friend to present this Email Note: “Hi Michael, … Continue reading →
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Face-to-Face in Sri Lanka: Elephants & Humans
Zinara Rathnayake, in an Item in the New Lines Magazine that is reprinted in The Island, 23 March 2025 In Makulpotha village, 89 miles northwest of Colombo, Punchibanda woke up to the trumpet of an elephant while he was sleeping … Continue reading →
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Deciphering the World Order in the 21st Century: Moving Beyond Facades
A Lankan Reefcomber … provoked by Brig Ranjan De Silva’s Article in TPS dated 18 April 2026 The debate surrounding global governance is frequently reduced to a sharp, binary contrast between Western “democracy” and Eastern “autocracy.” However, these categorisations often … Continue reading →
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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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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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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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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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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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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 →
