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High Rise Overkill in Colombo City Centre
Sanjiva Wijesinha, in Facebook, where the title runs “The loss of habitat and heritage” Last Sunday morning I went for my usual walk to Galle Face Green. It is a habit I have cultivated over the years – an early … Continue reading →
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Ranjan Madugalle: For Cricket. In Cricket
ITEM in ??? Played 21 Tests and 63 ODI games for Sri Lanka. Became an ICC Match Referee in December 1993. Officiated the ICC CWC final in 1999 and 2003. He was one of the five match-referees at ICC CWC … Continue reading →
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Arrowheads directed at AUSTRALIA DAY…..Today
Item in THE ADVERTISER Newspaper in Adelaide … web-reference gone walkabout … But see ………………………… https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/cricket/cricket-australia-boss-nick-hockley-left-speechless-after-grilling-from-radio-host/news-story/199aa83d0e60b1da470ce4721b05b861 The issue that’s reaching boiling point today is the Australia Day debate. Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins has added his voice to calls to change … Continue reading →
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KIWIS Face Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe Today
Hemant Brar.. “NZ back in whites sans stars, Zimbabwe seek redemption” New Zealand, who are playing a Test for the first time this year, are without Latham, Williamson, Phillips and Jamieson Big picture: Zimbabwe eye first win against NZ Welcome … Continue reading →
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Cricketing Essays from Pissu Michael, 1999-2009
Sophia Corfield’s Partial Bibliography At some point around 2010/11 I hired Sophia Corfield, one of the married postgrad students whom I had supervised earlier at Adelaide University, to compile my CV. One dimension of this task was the focus on “Unrefereed Popular … Continue reading →
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Cricket: Sri Lanka A Team in Australia on Tour Now …
This A team had begun with a practice match in Perth but it appears that the principal matches will be in the Northern Territory, that is, at Darwin. The News Item on Web Australia A will play three one-dayers and … Continue reading →
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African Wiild Life in John de Silva’s Lens
John De Silva is an Old Aloysian like the Editor Thuppahi. He resides now in Melbourne and is a key member of the small crew sustaining the Old Aloysian Magazine.
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The Bambalapitiya Mile in Colombo in the 1950s
Arlen van der Wall In the city of Colombo in the 1940s and 1950s the Bambalapitiya strip between Lion House and Saraswathi Lodge was Colombo’s walk of fame. You did not have to be rich or famous to enter the … Continue reading →
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Wasim Akram as Guest Speaker in Sumathi Awards in Sri Lanka
SEE You Tube Show: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/centenary/memories/Rajanayagam.shtml Sumathi Awards (Sinhala: සුමති සම්මාන) is an award bestowed to distinguished individuals involved with Sri Lanka’s television screen, each year by the Sumathi Group of Company, Sri Lanka in recognition of the contributions made by … Continue reading →
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Hot Hot Cricket News from Sri Lanka
Victor Melder’s COMPILATION, end of February 2023 The Department of Sports Development (DSD) has decided to call for nominations through a newspaper advertisement for the 2023 Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee. This followed a high-level discussion led by Sports Minister Roshan … Continue reading →
