- Gahapaan machaan –boundary, boundary
- Walles patau–goni, goni
- Kavuda Raja! Aloysius Raja!
Winning or losing the cheering support was always there. Continue reading
Category Archives: patriotic excess
Rare Cricketing Images from Yesteryear: Bodyline
W M Woodfull of Australia ducks to avoid a rising ball from Harold Larwood of England during the Fourth Test match at Brisbane on the infamous ‘Bodyline’ Tour of Australia … Photo by Central Press/Getty Images
Gahaapan Machaang! Sixer, Sixer!!! Sri Lanka’s TOP TEN
…. Courtesy of Daily Mirror, 27 April 2017, where the title is “Top Ten Sri Lankan batsmen with most sixes in ODI’s –
Cricket is not just a game of boundaries and sixes, but modern day batsmen are rated highly if they could clear the boundary with ease. There are few Lankan batsmen who had cleared the ropes many times. Below is a list of Top 10 Batsmen who have hit most number of sixes for Sri Lanka in ODI’s.
10 – Nuwan Kulasekara
Yes you saw it right, its Nuwan Kulasekara as at now the most experienced fast bowler of the country gets to the top 10 list of most sixes for a Sri Lankan. The lower order dasher has contributed with the bat on many crucial occasions. In 120 innings he has smashed 39 sixes at an average of 41 balls faced per six.
Arjuna the Indomitable: Challenging Aussie Skulduggery in 1995-98 … and More
Andrew Fidel Fernando, courtesy of The Cricket Monthly, at ESPNcricinfo … http://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1087120/arjuna-versus …where the title is “Arjuna Versus”
January 1999: Sri Lankan supporters show Ranatunga some love outside Adelaide Oval, where he was facing a disciplinary hearing
v Australia, 1995-96
Sri Lanka have played in higher-octane, better contested and far more watchable series, but for pure watershed value none has left its mark on the island’s cricket like this pre-World Cup thrashing in Australia. If Ranatunga had not been at the helm, things might have gone very differently; it was the kind of tour that can run teams aground.
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Outright Abuse — with Umpires as the Proverbial Monkeys
Hear no EVIL? See no Evil!
What were the Umpires doing at this moment!!
Merv Hughes vilifies Graeme Hicks and seeks to disturb his equanimity …..
look carefully at the Aussie supporters in Indian NOW and ,,,, you will see this bloke: An Aussie Legend !!
A Heist! A Heist! Lanka snatches Victory from Yawning Jaws
Brydon Coverdale in ESPNcricinfo.com where the title is “Gunaratne 84* caps stunning series win for Sri Lanka”
Asela Gunaratne orchestrated a remarkable heist to seal the T20 series for Sri Lanka with a match to play, stealing an outrageous victory over Australia in the first international match ever played at Geelong’s Kardinia Park. For the second time in three days, Sri Lanka reached their target from the final ball of their chase, but whereas at the MCG they had needed only 18 off the last three overs, here they needed 48. Gunaratne ensured that they did it in style. 
Asela Gunaratne of Sri Lanka celebrates scoring the winning run during the second Twenty20 cricket match between Australia and Sri Lanka at Kardinia Park in Geelong on February 19, 2017. — Pic by MAL FAIRCLOUGH/AFP/Getty Images)
Seeing DOUBLE: Mohammad Shahzad …. b Mohammad Shahzad
| Mohammad Shahzad† | c Amjad Gul b Mohammad Shahzad | 38 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 131.03 |
Pic by Chris Whiteoak/whiteoakpictures
Cricket: UAE v Afghanistan, ICC Cricket Academy, Dubai. Afghanistan receive the trophy
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Alex Kontouris faces “Chin Music” at the Coronial Inquest into Phil-Hughes’ Death
Michael Roberts
Alex Kountouris, a Cypriot Australian physiotherapist from Melbourne, was recruited as masseur and physiotherapist for the Sri Lankan cricket team in1995 or so by new coach Dav Whatmore. He rendered yeoman service and was a vital cog in the management programme that enabled Sri Lanka’s cricketers to win the World Cup in 1996. The island repaid him handsomely albeit involuntarily: he married a lass from that land.
He has since moved to higher levels back home in Australia: he became the cricket team’s physiotherapist in 2006. It is in this capacity and because of his experience that he was called as a witness in the coroner’s inquiry in Sydney into the tragic death of Philip Hughes by bouncer-blow on 25th November 2014. As far as I know, he was not present on the ground that day so his testimony could not provide direct evidence. Continue reading
Matthew Wade elbows Bowler Abbott and faces Code of Conduct Charge
AAP News Item, 10 October 2016, with title “Proteas v Australia: Matthew Wade faces contrary conduct charge”
Australia’s Matthew Wade is facing a contrary conduct charge after an on-field run-in with South Africa’s Tabraiz Shamsi during Sunday’s fourth one-day international in Port Elizabeth. The pair had to be spoken to by the umpires after Wade appeared to clip Shamsi with his elbow while taking a run during Australia’s innings in South Africa’s six-wicket victory.
While Wade made only minor contact with the Proteas’ spinner both he and Shamsi have been charged with breaching article 2.1.1 of the International Cricket Council’s code of conduct. The article relates to minor acts of “conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game”. Continue reading