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Sri Lankan Brains-Trust Applaud South African Cricket Performance

Somasundaram Skandakumar to Cricketing Friends, speaking from the Heights of Uva, 15 June 2025 Dear All,  An amazing final indeed and I too watched all of it. A Country once banned by the ICC for its extreme apartheid policies and … Continue reading

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Lankika Words Penetrate the Oxford English Dictionary

News Item in THE ISLAND, 27 jUNE 2027 … The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added several uniquely Sri Lankan words to its June 2025 update, OED.com has said.Among the new entries is “asweddumise”, meaning to prepare land for paddy … Continue reading

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Honouring the Pereira Lineage & Their Service to Sri Lanka

Indunil De Silva       With my classmate and friend Lorenz Pereira and wife Kumi at the SSC after the Bradby. Lorenz was the most gifted Sportsman at College during our generation. He was so gifted that sports came … Continue reading

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Matilda’s Defeat & Nostradamus in Adelaide

  SOME IMMEDIATE RESPONSES “Amazing that Irene also had a premonition that the Matildas would lose 3-1” …..   Ralph Shlomowitz caressing his partner “Poor Roberts he was asking for it. Shall I organize some Pretzels  for the Spectators ?” …. … Continue reading

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How the SSC Penetrated the Long Room at the Lords Cricket Ground

Lam Seneviratne, whose choice of title is “Lords -My Claim to Fame” … quite an appropriate point I had presented to the MCC at Lords a painting of the Singhalese Sports Club grounds in 1975 to mark the first ODI … Continue reading

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Magnifique ….. Ahmed Didi aids Trinity Chapel Restoration

Item in The Island, 25 October 2024… with a different title The distinguished old boy of Trinity College, Kandy, Ahmed Mahir Didi, recently donated Rs. 5 million for the College Chapel Restoration Project. He is a Maldivian national, now based … 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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An Epitaph for Charlie Ramanaden THEN, 13 March 1997

Dushy S. Perera Jerry ‘Anna’ to his relations, Sir to his numerous subordinates and Charles to his friends, passed away suddenly whilst playing tennis (a sport close to his heart) partnering his son Pravin, at the Annual Darrawela Club Tennis … Continue reading

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Nuwan Thushara bursts into Cricketing Stage for Lanka

E-Paper in The Island, 11 March 2024 Nuwan Thushara’s five-wicket burst, including a hat-trick, after Kusal Mendis struck a 55-ball 86 handed Sri Lanka a 2-1 series win against Bangladesh in Sylhet on Saturday. …. problems with pictorial entries — … Continue reading

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T10 League Cricket at Pallekele, Kandy …. Volaarey! Cantaarey!!

OFFICIAL DIGITAL PRESENTATION ..…. But no spot in ESPNCRICINFO The league has been organized by Sri Lanka Cricket in partnership with the Abu Dhabi T10 league and is planned to start in December 2024. The matches will be 10-overs-a-side; and … Continue reading

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