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Rendered Speechless! England’s Marvellous Victory over Pakistan at Rawalpindi
Errol Fernando in an Email Note to his Bosom Pal, Gavin, early December 2022 Perhaps once or twice in a lifetime there could be a ‘speechless’ Test match. I actually watched it and am totally speechless. SEE … https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/england-beat-pakistan-by-74-runs-rawalpindi-test-2022-12-05/#:~:text=RAWALPINDI%2C%20Pakistan%2C%2
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Asian Games: More Medals Secured by Sri Lanka
A = AFP NEWS ITEM, 4 October 2023 Colombo (AFP) – Teenager Tharushi Karunarathna, Sri Lanka’s only gold medallist so far at the Hangzhou Asian Games, received a congratulatory telephone call from the country’s president and cash from the cricket … Continue reading →
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Sri Lankan Cricket’s 75 Years of Milestones: 1948-to-2023
Rex Clementine, in The Island, 25 June 2023, where the title reads “Celebrating 75 years of cricketing excellence,” … with his four pictorial illustrations augmented by other PIX in sep with his words A new controlling body for cricket in … Continue reading →
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Gala Dinner in Sydney Gathers ‘Gold Dust’ for Children in Sri Lanka
Kumudini Hettiarachchi in Sunday Times, 28 August 2022, where the title is “Together they made it happen in Australia for the love of Sri Lanka” Under the gavel went exotic and unique items such as works of art, a piece … Continue reading →
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Shehan Karunatilaka in Earlier ‘Incarnations’ in Thuppahi Circles
Shehan Karunatilaka on the ball in “Chinaman” .…… https://thuppahis.com › 2011/05/26 › shehan-karunatila… 26 May 2011 — It consists of one sentence: “If you’ve never seen a cricket match; if you have and it has made you snore; if you can’t understand why … Continue reading →
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DailyFT and Skanda Applaud the Khettarama Fans Yellow Gesture
DailyFT …. https://www.ft.lk/sports/Cricket-fans-take-a-bow/23-736808 ….. & …. https://www.ft.lk/sports/Cricket-fans-take-a-bow/23-736808 … with photo by Kushan Pathiraja
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The Giant Nations in the World Today in 2024
Desiree Bowie, whose chosen title for this article presented on web on 27 November 2024 is “Most Powerful Countries in the World: 2024 Rankings” The most powerful countries in the world command the global stage with a unique mix of … Continue reading →
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Danushka At Cricket: Beyond the Couplings
Andrew Fidel Fernando …. official presentation within ……………… https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/danushka-gunathilaka-345821 FULL NAME: Mashtayage Danushka Gunathilaka BORN: March 17, 1991, Panadura AGE: 32y 196d NICKNAMES:Dana BATTING STYLE: Left hand Bat BOWLING STYLE: Right arm Offbreak PLAYING ROLE: Allrounder HEIGHT: 6ft 1in EDUCATION: Mahanama College, Colombo TEAMS … Continue reading →
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Peradeniya University Along the Mahaweli River in the 1950s
Ernest Macintyre, in The Ceylankan, 25/4, November 2022, with this title “A Bend in the Mahaweli: A Story of the First University of Ceylon” The Mahaweli River, 335 long, the longest river in Lanka, has its beginning in a remote … Continue reading →
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British Ceylon Deciphered by Stress on the Deep Structures of Social Togetherness
Uditha Devapriya, in The Island on 24 March 2023, with this title “Sri Lanka under British rule: Neither Gemeinschaft nor Gesellschaft” Since at least Marx and Malinowski, anthropologists have been fascinated by, and focused on, the links between “primitive-tribal” and … Continue reading →
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