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Blanketed by Rain, Rain & More Rain: T20 World Cup
Item in ESPNcricinfo, 28 October 2022, … by Vithushan Ehantharajah: “Australia, England split points after damp outfield causes MCG abandonment” Australia vs England – match abandoned …………….The no-result leaves four teams on three points each in Group 1 Australia and England took … Continue reading →
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Sin-Bin for Verbal Intimidation in Cricket
Michael Roberts This essay was drafted on 25 April 2001 and appeared in print-form in Roberts, Essaying Cricket, Sri Lanka and Beyond, Colombo, Vijitha Yapa Publishers, 2006, pp. 98-102. The highlighting here is additional emphasis in 2023 by Roberts as … Continue reading →
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TW Roberts Pamphlet, circa 1936: “Problems of Public Life in India & Ceylon”
TW Roberts: PROBLEMS OF PUBLIC LIFE IN INDIA AND CEYLON Contents Page The Ceylon Elections Of 1936 … Continue reading →
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Reflections on Australia’s Triumph over India
Andrew McGlashan in ESPNcricinfo, 12 June 2023, with this title: “What does Australia’s WTC win mean for the Ashes?” …. Smith’s ominous form, Boland’s metronomic accuracy augur well for the side as they dust off the cobwebs in style. … Continue reading →
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Mary Rodgers: Broadway Baby
Daniel Okrent, in The New York Times, 5 August 2022, where the title is “Broadway Baby: The Astonishing Autobiography of Mary Rodgers” by Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green Mary Rodgers with her father, Richard, in 1959, the year “Once Upon … Continue reading →
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Profound Currents of Thought at Trinity College: Fraser, Martin Wickramasinghe & Bishop Wickremesinghe
Uditha Devapriya, whose chosen title was “Martin Wickramasinghe and A. G. Fraser.” On 7 February 1971, Trinity College, Kandy held its 99th annual Prize Giving. Presided by the then Anglican Bishop of Kurunegala, Lakshman Wickremesinghe, the ceremony featured Martin Wickramasinghe … Continue reading →
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The Royal-Thomian: Yesterday & Today
Uditha Devapriya & Uthpala Wijesuriya, in https://scroll.in/where the title reads thus: “Cricket, class and baila: The many layers of Sri Lanka’s celebrated Royal Thomian sports encounter” With an unbroken 145-year streak, the face-off between two of the island-nation’s oldest schools … 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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People Inbetween: Ethnic & Class Prejudices in British Ceylon
Michael Roberts … Content of His Talk on this topic at the National Trust in Colombo in June 2018 The National Trust’s brief was for me to present motifs from the book People Inbetween. The Burghers and the Middle Class … Continue reading →
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A refreshingly different Sri Lankan poetic voice
Indranee Kandiah & Thiru Kandiah, whose review article** analyses A Tapestry of Verse, by Premini Amerasinghe {Nugegoda: Sarasavi Publishers. 2019. pp. 103] Premini Amerasinghe’s A Tapestry of Verse, which was released last year, is a collection largely of her recent poems, … Continue reading →
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