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February 8, 2026 · 8:24 pm

The SSC springs into the Floodlit ODI Sphere of Cricket

Madushka Balasuriya in ESPNcricinfo ….. https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/the-ssc-finally-steps-out-of-the-sun-and-into-the-floodlights-at-t20-world-cup-1522486 For over a century, the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) has been the quiet, dignified heartbeat of Sri Lankan cricket. To walk through its gates is to walk through a gallery of greats, and ghosts. This … Continue reading →

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June 3, 2024 · 9:25 pm

Eisenhower Park Cricket Stadium: An Overnight ‘Ali Baba’ Creation

Nagraj Gollapudi, in The Cricket Monthly at ESPNcricinfo, 31 May 2024, where the title reads “New York’s beautiful monster: how a cricket venue was created from scratch” In Eisenhower Park on the outskirts of the city, a stadium has come … Continue reading →

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June 28, 2023 · 1:16 am

Sexism & Male Chauvinism in English Cricket

Rob Harris & Tyrone Francis, in  SkyNews  27 June 2023, where the title reads “English cricket condemned as racist, sexist and classist in damning new report“ A Report by the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket says racism is “entrenched” in … Continue reading →

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December 13, 2024 · 1:03 am

Three Promising Young Tamils in Present Sri Lankan U19 Squad

Information from Prakash Schaffter of Janashakthi Insurance in response to my Request, December 2020 ….. Editor, Thuppahi Sharujan Shanmuganathan, born on April 25, 2006, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, is a promising left-handed wicketkeeper-batsman representing the Sri Lanka Under-19 cricket team. … Continue reading →

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January 16, 2026 · 1:58 am

Merton College, Oxford, in 2025

Postmaster and the Merton Record 2025 FROM THE WARDEN The last twelve months have brought many global challenges, political, environmental and technological. Much of the time College feels like a haven and the year I’ll describe below has the rhythm … Continue reading →

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September 29, 2024 · 7:44 pm

Freak Statistical ‘Events’ in Second Test at Galle

Sampath Bandarapulli … in ESPNcricinfo 29 September 2024, where the title reads “Stats – SL’s best year in Tests since 2006” Stats highlights from Galle, where Sri Lanka crushed New Zealand by an innings and 154 runs Dhananjaya de Silva … Continue reading →

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March 23, 2025 · 11:54 pm

Sustaining Mahinda College in Galle: E. A. Wijesooriya

A Mahindian in Facebook … with Malware blocking the photo displayed from deployment here … but see below The following is a write-up appeared in the book the “Century of Memories” edited by the Late Tiddy Wijeratne, Percy Samara-Wickrama and … Continue reading →

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January 30, 2026 · 8:46 pm

Extra! Extra! ….. New Books via Rhodes Digest

“Extra! Extra! Read All About it!” was Once a Powerful Sales Pitch. Just as Appropriate Now … Bookshelf After the success of our first “bookshelf” earlier this month, we will repeat this round-up of new(-ish) books by Scholars every 4-6 … Continue reading →

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December 27, 2023 · 8:10 pm

Sri Lankan Cricket Team’s Test Matches vs Netherlands and vs Denmark in 1975

Sri Lanka did not secure ICC cricket status till mid-1981. An important step in the progress towards this entitlement was the tour of England in mid-1975 with KMT Perera as Manager and Anura Tennekoon as skipper. The details of this … Continue reading →

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May 2, 2024 · 9:24 pm

Professor Patrick Peebles & His Work on Sri Lanka

THIS is the CV presented at https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-peebles-892871b/… with chronology in reverse order Retired ….. Independent historian Sep 2008 – Present · 15 yrs 8 mosSep 2008 – Present · 15 yrs….. 8 Roeland Park, Kansas I continue to do research … Continue reading →

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