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Vanni Hope Seeks Aid For Its Several Charitable Projects

VANNI HOPE …. An Appeal For Charitable Aid …. A Request That Thuppahi Michael Endorses with All His Heart In November 2025, a devastating cyclone swept across Sri Lanka, severely impacting the Southern, Eastern and Hill Country regions. Floods and … Continue reading

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Kamindu Mendis Steps Up …..

 Andrew Fidel Fernando = “Versatile Kamindu hints at finding his T20 home” … in ESPNcricinfo, 9 Feb 2026 The allrounder has long seemed a ready-made T20 cricketer and this innings may be the performance he needed. Sometimes you can be a … Continue reading

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Elongation … Garner rises to the Occasion

Item sent by Dulip Karunaratne of Brisbane, 12 July 2024 Joel Garner*, Cricket legendary fast bowler from West Indies, is 6 feet 8 inches tall.  In his playing years, his height was a big attraction. Once at a dinner in … Continue reading

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Slash! Smash! Hewavisenti’s Review of The SL Cricket Scenario

Hiran Hewavisenti  in FACEBOOK, #0 November 2025  ……………eoSopsdrnt3t27c39ft1tht9c4729m517ul00gcifl02ihtu7gg17a69949i · HORSES FOR COURSES Sadly, there was no respite for a nation on the brink – not even from an oval in Rawalpindi and a game that has brought cheer to so many … Continue reading

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Waduge’s Chauvinist Sinhala Stance is Untenable

Mayura  Botejue The views of Ms. Waduge and her chauvinist Sinhala nationalist backers do not help to serve the interests of Sri Lanka. They sow discord and division at a time when the South Asian geopolitical brews concocted are exceedingly … Continue reading

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Richard Simon’s THOMIA …. On The Launching Pod Now

THOMIA …. with the world and the moon in its sights and landing sites RICHARD’s NOTE, 20 February 2024 Two important Thomia-related things happened yesterday. First, I had a call from Softwave to confirm that the first completed copies of … Continue reading

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A Pulsating Cricket Match capped with A Final Over Hat-Trick

Andrew Fidel Fernando in ESPNcricinfo, 29  August 2025, where the title reads “Madushanka seals thriller with last-over hat-trick” Raza had valiantly revived Zimbabwe’s chase through the middle overs but he could not take them over the line ……. Sri Lanka 298 … Continue reading

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The Pros & Cons of T20 Cricket Today …. Six-hitting Sleepiness?

Ian Chappell, in  ESPNcricinfo, 5 May 2024 where the title reads “Will T20 get to the point where it becomes wearisome?” Over the years I’ve learnt that for every upside in an idea – no matter how good – it’s … Continue reading

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Sri Lankans Smother Windies Comfortably in ODI at Pallekelle

Andrew Fidel Fernando in ESPNcricinfo, 23 October 2024, where the title reads “Hasaranga and Theekshana spin West Indies out and seal Sri Lanka series win” Rutherford and Motie put on a WI record ninth-wicket stand but it was in vain. … Continue reading

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The Lull Before the Storm: Why the Islamabad Collapse Signals Global Catastrophe.

Desert Wanderer  … with  highlighting imposed by The  Editor, Thuppahi SEE https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/04/08/ceasefire-deal-iran-us-israel-war-trump/  The negotiations in Islamabad have ended without an agreement. Rather than engaging in genuine diplomacy, the United States attempted to bully the Iranian negotiators into accepting their demands … Continue reading

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