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Face-to-Face: Sons of Lankan Cricketing Greats

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Face-to-Face in Sri Lanka: Elephants & Humans

Zinara Rathnayake, in an Item in the New Lines Magazine that is reprinted in The Island, 23 March 2025 In Makulpotha village, 89 miles northwest of Colombo, Punchibanda woke up to the trumpet of an elephant while he was sleeping … Continue reading

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KIWIS Face Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe Today

Hemant Brar.. “NZ back in whites sans stars, Zimbabwe seek redemption”  New Zealand, who are playing a Test for the first time this year, are without Latham, Williamson, Phillips and Jamieson Big picture: Zimbabwe eye first win against NZ Welcome … Continue reading

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Offensive Racist Place-Names face Offensive

A News Item in Australia, Today, February 2025 In short: The Queensland government has identified 43 place names with racist slurs and a Darumbal elder wants them changed immediately. The state amended legislation in April so racist place names could be … Continue reading

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Face-to-Face in Admonishment: Drama at the Adelaide Oval, 23rd January 1998

Michael Roberts Ashan de Alwis’s article in The Ceylon Journal Volume 1/1 published in mid-2024 is as readable and excellent an essay as anyone can wish for.[i] It focuses on the 50-over one-day cricket match between Australia and Sri Lanka played … Continue reading

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A Cricket Assessment: Sri Lanka Face Pakistan in Pakistan

A CRICINFO Item, 11 November 2025. bearing this title “Sri Lanka’s spinners, Pakistan’s off-field cuteness among things to watch out for” Shaheen Shah Afridi recently led Pakistan to a series win against South Africa [Cricinfo] So we have arrived at … Continue reading

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India & England Face-Off with Five T20 Matches

Shresh Shah, in ESPNcricinfo, 21 January 2025, with this title “T20 heavyweights look to draw first blood ahead of five-round bout” The two teams are in transition, but there’s plenty of firepower in both sides for what should be a … Continue reading

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Galle Face Green in Colombo: Pictorials Over the Years

A Thuppahi Journey Panoramic view of Galle Face Colombo, Sri Lanka around 1880s-1900, looking south from Galle Road (later this path became the Galle Road), ClubHouse & Galleface Hotel (far right) showing in the background……… Lankapura …. https://lankapura.com/2011/04/panoramic-view-galle-face-green-colombo/

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Public or Private Health Care? The Dilemma Sri Lankans Face

Fazli Sameer, at Those Fuzzy Days where the title of the article runs thus: “Ethics of Health Care: Waiting, Paying and Weeping,” … with highlighting here imposed by The  Editor, Thuppahi When my sister, Kumari, went for her annual cardiac … Continue reading

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Safs face Sri Lanka in T20 World Cup

Andrew Fidel Fernando in ESPNcricinfo .… re Sri Lanka vs South Africa … at Providence, 10.30am local … “Big picture: Recent form against South Africa” …. The power of South Africa against the variety of Sri Lanka” It is possible … Continue reading

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