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Michael Roberts  Thuppahi Yesterday  3 August 2026, I was shocked, even stunned: the Thuppahi site entitled “ABOUT” had received 1300 hits!! ….Cricket Elements Doodle Set Sports Game Stock Vector (Royalty Free) 2647469737 _ Shutterstock This number of Viewers is quite … Continue reading →

Binoda K. Mishra, … reviewing the booklet Forces and Strands in Sri Lanka’s Cricket History, by Michael Roberts, Colombo, Social Scientists’ Association, 2006, 64 pp., 21 photographs, bibliography, Rs. 300 (paperback), ISBN 9559102826 ++ Cricket brought to Sri Lanka the … Continue reading →

The father of Melbourne teenager Ben Austin, who died after an accident at cricket training, has said his son would want others to keep enjoying the “great game” after the freak incident. “He loved the game.” This is a great game, … Continue reading →

Michael Roberts I got to know Kushil Gunasekera in the early 2000s because of his services to SL Cricket Board and a side-benefit was information on the wide range of welfare benefits provided by the FOUNDATION OF GOODNESS …. shorten-form … Continue reading →

Item in ???,  June 5. 2026 From Cricketer to global spear thrower: The rise of Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Tharanga By any measure, 92.62 metres is a long distance in javelin. For Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage, it was the throw that transformed … Continue reading →

Item in The Sunday Times, 27 November 2025, … Authorship Not Indicated … A Travessty This There’s one thing that never seems to change in Sri Lanka cricket. It’s not progress. It’s not new ideas. It’s the same old stagnation. … Continue reading →

Gideon Haigh In Cricket In The Leagues, John Kay describes a match in which Garry Sobers represented Norton and was hit back over his head. Sobers reportedly turned, ran towards the boundary shouting “leave it to me” and took the catch just … Continue reading →

Roshan Abeysinha Former Sri Lankan leg-spinner D.S. de Silva, who played in the country’s inaugural Test match in 1982 and later served as Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket, has passed away at the age of 83. De Silva died in … Continue reading →