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Carlyle Perera: Captain Marvellous … Led University to Sara Trophy Triumph in 1962/63
Merril Gunaratne, in The Island, 9 October 2022, with this title “Carlyle Perera: Doyen of University Cricket” Dr. Carlyle Perera of St Joseph’s College and University of Ceylon who died a few days ago was a gifted cricketer, well known … Continue reading →
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Two Sri Lankans in Victoria’s Cricket XI …Hallelujah!
Michael Roberts Two players of Sri Lankan parentage are presently playing for Victoria in their Sheffield Shield game. The 31 year-old medium-pace bowler Ruwantha Prasad Kellepotha has joined Chandrasinghe in the Victorian Eleven Kellepotha is aged 31 years and was … Continue reading →
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Andrew Fidel Fernando, in ESPNcricinfo, England have won their last seven T20Is against Sri Lanka, but they will be wary of the threat of Theekshana and Hasaranga on a worn pitch Uthappa: England will want to know the target and … Continue reading →
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Smashed to Smithereens! India Squash Sri Lanka
Hemant Brar, in ESPNcricinfo, January 2023 Around this time last year, India’s ineffectiveness with the new ball was haunting them in ODIs. Despite having Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah in their line-up, they were by far the worst bowling side in … Continue reading →
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Australian Women best Indians to win Commonwealth Cup
Valkerie Banes in ESPNCricinfo, 9 August 2022, where the title reads “The new ‘Invincibles’ add more glory to their extraordinary era” https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/aus-vs-ind-cwg-2022-australias-new-invincibles-add-more-glory-to-their-extraordinary-era-1328262 It might just be official, Australia are invincible. Even when they seemed cursed, the all-conquering Australian Women’s cricket … Continue reading →
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Hot Hot Cricket News from Sri Lanka
Victor Melder’s COMPILATION, end of February 2023 The Department of Sports Development (DSD) has decided to call for nominations through a newspaper advertisement for the 2023 Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee. This followed a high-level discussion led by Sports Minister Roshan … Continue reading →
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THAT Monday 25th July 1983 in Colombo: Organized Violence within the Pogrom
Sugath Kulatunga .…. in item entitled “Black July Monday 25th” …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi In my last post on the 4th of March, I mentioned that the time I served under Lalith [Athulathmudali] was the golden … Continue reading →
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Sri Lankan Cricket’s 75 Years of Milestones: 1948-to-2023
Rex Clementine, in The Island, 25 June 2023, where the title reads “Celebrating 75 years of cricketing excellence,” … with his four pictorial illustrations augmented by other PIX in sep with his words A new controlling body for cricket in … Continue reading →
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The Stalinist Reading of Sri Lanka’s Place in the Indian Firmament
Cafe Spectator’s Thoughts in Sunday Times, 20 March 2022 Considering the current Ukraine crisis, a historical anecdote on Sri Lanka–then Ceylon–between former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and former Indian Ambassador to Russia Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who later became India’s second President, … Continue reading →
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War!! How Should a Buddhist Confront WAR?
Brian Daizen Victoria, at Buddhist.Door.net 21 August 2025, with thits title: “How should a Buddhist face War?” Readers of my previous two articles on the relationship between Buddhism and war (or violence in general) will be aware that the historical … Continue reading →
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