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Face-to-FACE in Warfare: Cummins vs Khawaja !@#$

Alex Malcolm in ESPNcricinfo.com, 10 November 2026 Australia captain Pat Cummins has described Usman Khawaja‘s allegation that the entire Australia XI in Cape Town in 2018 knew about the sandpaper use is ‘100% wrong’ and ‘complete and utter nonsense’. Cummins … Continue reading →

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Assessment: ODI Face-to-Face … Aussies vs English

Andrew McGlashan in ESPNcricinfo, 12 November 2026 “Australia-England face off again but most eyes are elsewhere Beardman will make his ODI debut while England likely need to decide which frontline spinner to play, but no one is really talking about … Continue reading →

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Face-to-Face: Sons of Lankan Cricketing Greats

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Fascism with a Friendly Face

The Border Inquisitor A very useful video recounting how George had a difficult time entering the UK. He was detained under an act featuring some of the finest Kafkaesque language used by democratic countries today—a stark reminder that fascism comes … Continue reading →

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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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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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A World Endangered by A Megalomaniac with A Calm Face

Observer in  a Black Sea Resort Trump says peace no longer interests him, after the Nobel Peace Prize committee snubbed him.  He was deeply offended he didn’t get the peace prize: after all, he ‘stopped 8 wars in 9 months’. … Continue reading →

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Vale: Suriya Wickremasinghe … Advocate at the Coal Face of Human Rights

Lionel Bopage, … in GROUNDVIEWS, where the title is “Suriya Wickremasinghe: A Life in Service of Justice, Rights and Human Dignity” … while the highlights  are my  intervention Sri Lanka has lost one of its most courageous and enduring voices … 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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