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Former Military Officers in Political Party Campaigns in Sri Lanka
Shamindra Ferdinando, in The Island, 28 February 2024 where the title runs thus: “National Elections: Ex-military Factor”… with highighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi With the presidential election scheduled for later this year, political parties represented in Parliament have stepped … 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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Alagappan Muthu’s Discerning Analyses of the First Two IPL finals
Alagappan Muthu, 23 May 2023, with this title “CSK squeeze the Titans to enter their tenth IPL final” Chennai Super Kings 172 for 7 (Gaikwad 60, Conway 40, Shami 2-28) beat Gujarat Titans (Gill 42, Jadeja 2-18) by 15 runs MS Dhoni has led … Continue reading →
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An Orphaned Lad emerges as Cricketing Prospect for Sri Lanka
Rex Clementine, in The Island, 3 October 2021, where the title is different At the age of 28, Pulina Tharanga is on the verge of representing Sri Lanka. A leg-spinner, who is handy with the bat and excellent on the … Continue reading →
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Deep Penetration off Sri Lanka and USA
Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, in Colombo Telegarph, August 2022, where the title reads “Ripples In The Indian Ocean: Yuan Wang 5 & Easter Sunday 2019” The alarm bells had been ringing for some time in Sri Lanka. The island nation is strategically … Continue reading →
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Monga & Fernando on Sri Lanka’s Win Against Netherlands
ONE: Sidarth Monga: “Mendis’ pragmatism helps wounded Sri Lanka survive banana-peel beginning,” ESPNcricinfo, 20 October 2022 They’ve battled injuries and unexpectedly slow pitches, but they’ve scrapped their way into the Super 12s As far as banana peels go, Sri Lanka found … Continue reading →
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Issues: Machinations in Selecting Cricket Teams in Ceylon & Lanka
“A Cricket Lover from an Old School” My dear Michael, This refers to your mail of 6th January regarding machinations in the selection of Sri Lankan cricket teams in the past. This dimension of cricket/lifeways has always been there in … Continue reading →
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Defeating the LTTE: The Worldwide Significance of This Achievement
Serge De Silva-Ranasinghe, in Asia-Pacific Defence News, Vol.5/5, May 15-June14, 2010, where the title is “Defeat Of The LTTE And Its Significance” …. with the difficult & painstaking task of conversion being handled by Darshanie Ratnawalli in Sri Lanka … … Continue reading →
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Young Sabapathipillai Rajanayagam received OBE during World War II
Logan Thurairatnam, in Daily Mirror, 14 June 2021, with this title “WW2 tribute: Sabapathipillai Rajanayagam youngest to be awarded OBE” Sabapathipillai Rajanayagam commenced his career in 1934 as a 26-year-old Telegraph Engineer in the Ceylon Central Telegraph Office after completing … Continue reading →
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A Remarkable ODI Triumph carved out by Sri Lanka
Andrew McGlashan in ESPNcricinfo, 19 June 2022, where the title reads “Pathum Nissanka’s brilliant maiden ODI hundred secures big chase” …. with highlighting imposed by the Editor, Thuppahi A magnificent maiden ODI century from Pathum Nissanka and a well-paced innings from Kusal … Continue reading →
