Month: April 2019

What Went Right For Sri Lanka

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by Aravinda Samarasinghe : It was delight to watch. It was a tight contest between bat and ball. It went right down to the wire. A true contest that showed how close, competitive and exciting Test cricket can be. Thanks to a fantastic innings, a heroic effort from Kusal Janith Perera

Sri Lanka is out of their Depth

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by : Aravinda Samarasinghe & Kelum Wijewardena : Once they were the team that revolutionised ODI batting, then they were the team that became world cup champions and then after a brief hiatus they were T20 champions. For more than a decade they even boasted the batting records in all three

How India became a powerful force in World Cricket

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by Sachith Wijesiriwardena : In the modern game India have always had brilliant batting line ups that every team envied. It was their bowling that was letting them down. Recently they seem to have found a potent bowling force. Now India is a major force to reckon with and are probably

The Root of success

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by Kelum Wijesiriwardena : The dust has finally settled in the Basil De Oliveira trophy between England and South Africa, and England, bless them, have broken a 19 year old jinx to finally beat South Africa at home. A day no one thought would ever come. I mean South Africa (or

Pakistan the “Cornered Tigers”

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by Aravinda Samarasinghe : The Pakistan cricket team is probably the only side that has never been short of natural talent. From first memories of watching cricket in the early 90s they have always been a team full of cricketing talent and players of genuine skill. I remember watching them in

A mint that chewed 40 wickets

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by Aravinda Samarasinghe : “If you can’t beat em try and get em suspended” tweeted Russel Arnold, the versatile cricket commentator describing the controversial mint incident inquiry that concluded in South Australian state capital Adelaide on 23rd November 2016 involving, acting South African captain Faf Du Plessis. This event got

Divine Intervention

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by Kelum Wijewardena : The much talked about and publicized Australia vs India test series brought out so much press, the average cricket punter would have been forgiven for wanting to shut out all the additional cricket noise and want an afternoon of tranquil serenity. You couldn’t open Facebook, Twitter,