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No Duty of Care: Cricket in the 1970s-and-Before
Michael Roberts A =Phil Hughes being transported from field, 25 November 2014 B = Duleep Mendis carried to pavilion on 11th June 1975
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Google Wonderland: Bradman’s Bat and Other Treasures Restored
A range of priceless cricket memorabillia, including the first bat of Don Bradman have been digitally restored by Google Arts and Culture to bring the sport’s rich history to life in the wake of a rejuvination of the ‘gentlemen’s game’ … Continue reading →
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Naayakayo Koheydha! Rudderless Drift in Sri Lanka
Rajeewa Jayaweera, in Island, 5 August 2019, with this title “Leadership vacuum in Sri Lanka” Imran Khan (IK), 67 years old Prime Minister of Pakistan, hails from an upper-middle-class Pashtun family in Lahore and is a graduate of Keble College, … Continue reading →
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Holy War Unmasked
Brian Victoria …… Send not to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee. John Donne Introduction: Is religion a force for peace or war? Or to borrow a phrase from the title of Christopher Hitchen’s book, God … Continue reading →
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Satha and De Saram: Batsmen Par Excellence who went to Jail
Nicholas Brookes, in CRICKET MONTHLY, 6 May 2019, where the title is “The story of De Saram and Satha: batting geniuses who went to jail” Two of Sri Lanka’s greatest batsmen had memorable lives, but they have been nearly forgotten … Continue reading →
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Confronting Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Q & A in 2018 – Swedish Journalist Mikaelsson
Johan Mikaelsson, in Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka, 5 November 2018, where the title is “Impunity Island: Sri Lanka’s “predator emeritus” on rebound,” Many local journalists feel discomfort when they hear the name Gotabaya Rajapaksa[1]. He is seen as … Continue reading →
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The Politics in and around Cricket. In Praise of Rangana Aiyya
Rip Van Winkle, in The Sunday Times, 8 October 2017, where the title is “400 wickets” My dear Rangana Aiyya, I thought I must write to you to congratulate you, because you have reached the magic number of four hundred … Continue reading →
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Sea Battle off Kalpitiya Coast: An Orca Pod versus A Sperm Whale Pod
Philip Hoare, in The Guardian, 29 March 2017, “An extraordinary battle between sperm whales and orcas – in pictures” While observing sperm whales off the Sri Lankan coast, Philip Hoare came face to face with eight hunting orcas who had … Continue reading →
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The War is Past. Paradise is Regained
Michael Buerk, in the The Telegraph, 5 September 2017, where the title is “The war is history: Michael Buerk returns to Sri Lanka” ** Note Editorial Comment at End The Tigers’ lair was deep in the jungle. It was difficult to find and tough … Continue reading →
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Ethnic Tensions and Cruelties …. and the Month of July
Rajan Philips, in The Sunday Island, 24 July 2016, with the title “July and its Cruelties” It was not Sri Lanka that I was thinking of last week when I alluded to the months of April and July vying for … Continue reading →
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