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Sydney Thunder Struck Down for 15 Runs …. by STRIKERS
Adelaide Strikers dismissed the Sydney Thunder XI for 15 Runs in the Thunder terrain of Sydney …. surely a world record fora T20 Match … Michael Roberts HEADLINE NEWS THIS ! * “Adelaide Strikers dismiss Sydney Thunder for world record … Continue reading →
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Horrendous Situation, Stark Choices ….at Looming Sri Lankan Elections
Professor Jayadeva Uyangoda, in Polity.lk, 7 July 2024 … where the title reads “Uncertainty or Turmoil? Sri Lanka’s Pre-Presidential Election Politics” The coming few months have the potential to produce major political changes in Sri Lanka. The presidential election is … Continue reading →
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Dasun Shanaka’s Captaincy Central to Lanka’s Success
Rex Clementine, in The Island, 11 September 2022, with this title “Captain Dasun has helped Sri Lanka turn things around” Cricket’s most successful captains had some remarkable factors that made them successful leaders. Mike Brearley was a good thinker. Clive … Continue reading →
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More Tourists reaching Sri Lanka Now, But … …..
News Item, 16 December 2021: “First 2 weeks of Dec. draw over 24,000 tourists” Tourism Minister overwhelmed by rebound in arrivals. Nearly 130,000 tourists have come since reopening of borders in late Jan. With just 15 days to year-end, original … Continue reading →
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Ireland vs Sri Lanka, Day Two: Two Readings
REPORT ONE: Daniel Byrne: “Ireland almost reaches 500, but Madushka and Karunaratne make it clear that the Sri Lankans are far from beaten yet. Day Two in Galle” ….. Woods and I arrived early to ensure there were time to … Continue reading →
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The Transformations in Colombo Over the Last 150 Years
Nihal Perera, whose chapter 16 is entitled “From colonial outpost to indigenous kleptocratic city” ABSTRACT : This chapter maps out the trajectory of the production, reproduction, and transformation of Colombo through colonial, post-colonial, neoliberal, and kleptocratic periods. Created as part … Continue reading →
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The Past Embedded within Conflicts of the Present in Sri Lanka
Thilini Meegaswatta, … whose title is “Temporality of History: A Reading of the Contemporaneity of the Past in Post-war Sri Lanka” … an article presented in Proceedings of the Open University Research Sessions in 2020 This short article is a … Continue reading →
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Charith Asalanka marked as Sri Lanka’s Sturdy Number 3 Batsman
Rex Clementine in Dubai It took Sri Lanka three years to find Asanka Gurusinha’s successor at number three. In the year 2000, Kumar Sangakkara came along and he occupied the slot for 15 years breaking world records at will. For … Continue reading →
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Class Differentiation in the Pores of English Cricket
Abbie Rhodes reviewing Different Class: The Untold Story of British Cricket by Duncan Stone (Repeater, 2022) Discussing class in the context of cricket has long been taboo. But the maintenance of the class order in England serves as the driving force behind … Continue reading →
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The Assassination of SWRD Bandaranaike Revisited
Sanjiva Senanayake, in The Island, 17 October 2021, where the title reads “Beyond reasonable doubt? The Killing of a Prime Minister” Many people ‘know’ the conventional tale about the assassination of the Prime Minister of Ceylon, S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, 62 years … Continue reading →
