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Bangladesh on Top at Australia’s Top-End
Danny Byrne, … presenting an article entitled ““Grit and determination keep Bangladesh on track for a possible famous victory; Day 3 in Darwin” In 2006 the Australians played a Test match in Fatullah and won despite conceding a lead of … Continue reading →
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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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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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Putin’s Aggressive Adventurism dents Jayatilleka’s Readings of the Ukraine Maelstrom
Padraig Colman, … at https://pcolman.wordpress.com/2022/03/02/ukraine-part-one/ Apparently the invasion of Ukraine is a defensive measure. It beggars belief to even contemplate Ukraine as a genocidal terrorist state and Russia as a liberal human rights defender. Little Victims Many years ago, I set … Continue reading →
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Christopher Ondaatje in Wikipedia
Christopher Ondaatje Sir Philip Christopher Ondaatje (/ɒnˈdɑːtʃi/; 22 February 1933 – 20 July 2026), styled Earl of Rothes, Lord of Leslie and Sheriff of Fife[1] between 2004 and 2024, was a Sri Lankan-born Canadian-English businessman, philanthropist, adventurer, writer and bob-sledding Olympian for Canada. He was the older … Continue reading →
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Riveting Test Cricket at Lord’s as Wickets Crumble
Andrew Miller in ESPNcricinfo.com, 5 June 2026 Welcome to England‘s new Test era. Stop me if you’ve read this one before. The opening day of the 2026 Test summer proved to be wildly undulating, intermittently chaotic, and utterly compelling. It … 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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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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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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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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