Kevin Pietersen, whose preferred title is “Three Hours that changed My Life” .
They say you’re not born in Africa.
Africa is born in you.
It’s true.
You could blindfold me, put me on a plane, fly me somewhere in the world, open the doors and ask me where I was. I would know immediately if I was in Africa.
I can feel it. Smell it. It’s in my blood. It’s home. It’s part of me, I am connected to it, emotionally and spiritually.
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ESPNcricinfo Item
Pope befuddles England U 19 … AFTER Sangha scores 56 for Australia in a low-scoring encounter
Quarter-Final, ICC Under-19 World Cup at Queenstown, Jan 23 2018
Adelaide Strikers’ Ben Laughlin and Jake Weatherald combined to dismiss Dwayne Bravo as they defeated Melbourne Renegade by 26 runs at the Etihad Stadium
http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/_/id/8044/season/2017/big-bash-league/
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Saádi Thawfeeq, in Daily News, 29 December 2017
The Sri Lankan cricketers got a taste of what lay ahead of them if they don’t fall in line with Chandika Hathurusingha at the inaugural practice session they had with their new head coach at the R Premadasa Stadium yesterday. Hathurusingha’s no-nonsense approach has made him one of the most successful, respected and most sought after cricket coaches in the world today and he believes he has arrived at the right time to put Sri Lanka cricket back on the right track to success.
Bipin Dani … at http://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=113533 where the title is Bowler bemuses if he misses the maiden wicket of a no ball: Malinga
England’s Tom Curran is not the only cricketer who missed his maiden Test wicket of a no ball. There are five other “unlucky” Test cricketers in the list, but England’s Tom Curran is the only bowler, who, while playing in his debut Test, grabbed the wicket of the batsman at his individual score of 99 runs. In the ongoing Ashes Test in Melbourne, his victim David Warner survived.
Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi of Reuters caught this frightening moment
COL01:SPORT-CRICKET AUSTRALIA:KANDY,SRILANKA,10SEP99 – Australian fielders Jason Gillespie (left) and captain Steve Waugh collide in attempting to take a catch from the bat of Sri Lankan Mahela Jayawardena on the second day of the first cricket test at the Asgiriya stadium in central Kandy September 10. Jayawardena survived with his score on 34 but the two fielders were taken to hospital with Gillespie rushed on a stretcher with a broken leg and Waugh with an injured nose. The Jayawardena swept a ball from Colin Miller and Gillespie came in from long-leg while Waugh rushed down from short fine-leg to take the catch. Sri Lanka went in for lunch at 181 for 5. al/Photo by Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi REUTERS
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Building on Lakmal’s bowling work, Rangana Herath saved sri Lanka’s batting blushes in the first innings and ensured that his side secured a reasonable lead by carving out a pugnacious 67 runs. tTjis effort is suitably recognised by Krishnaswamy and ESPNcricinfo.
Karthik Krishnaswamy in Kolkata, courtesy of ESPNcricinfo, November 2017, where the title is “A crucial innings, the Rangana Herath way”
Rangana Herath guides one onto the leg side BCCI
Bowlers who bat a bit (as opposed to bowling allrounders like Mitchell Starc or Vernon Philander) can be broadly divided into two camps: blockers, such as Ishant Sharma or Devendra Bishoo, and bashers, of whom Tim Southee – who has clattered 61 sixes in 57 Tests – would be an extreme example. Rangana Herath doesn’t really fall in either camp. He isn’t built like most bowlers, of spin or seam, and like other short, squat batsmen he’s happiest playing square of the wicket. Early in his innings on Sunday, Bhuvneshwar Kumar swung one into his stumps, late, and was on the verge of appealing for lbw when Herath braced his front leg to make last-minute room for his bat to flick the ball to the midwicket boundary.
Thousands of joyous cricket-starved Pakistan fans turned up at the Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday to welcome back the Sri Lanka team on its first visit to the country since it was ambushed by gunmen in a deadly attack in 2009. The stadium was filled to its 25,000 capacity with fans carrying placards reading “Welcome back Sri Lankan Lions” amid stringent security measures put in place for the third and final Twenty20 international between the teams.
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Bipin Dani, courtesy of https://pakobserver.net/mentors-tips-helped-dimuth-karunaratne/
Dimuth 
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Rex Clementine, in The Island, 2 October 2017 where the title is “I did it my way, Surrey’s tribute to Sanga”
English county Surrey have put out a video with visuals of former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara batting for the county with background music of Frank Sinatra 1969 hit ‘I did it my way’. Sangakkara returned to Colombo on Saturday after a sensational season for the south London county. Surrey finished third in County Championship. Sangakkara played three seasons for Surrey starting from 2015 and this was his last. This season, he was the first batsman to complete 1,000 runs. He finished the season with almost 1,500 runs at a Bradmansque average of 106.50 with eight centuries, including twin hundreds at Lord’s against Middlesex in May. He was the highest run getter this season.
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