Cricket

1996 World Cup Hero: Sanath Jayasuriya – Cricket’s Kamikaze

Losing your wicket in cricket is analogous to death in life. Mortality, despite being primordial, is something everyone loves to defer…

10 years ago

Time for Indian cricket to look beyond MS Dhoni the Test captain

A bowler who stands at 6’ 3’’, a bowler who swings the ball both ways appreciably, a bowler who is…

10 years ago

“Come on” cricket, Phillip Hughes wants you to smile

Existence of diversity is imperative for a self-perpetuating ecosystem. That is why a carnivorous animal that predates on living beings…

10 years ago

Team history at Cricket World Cup – Sri Lanka (1975-2011)

Sri Lanka are indisputably the most outlandish side in cricket World Cups, for no other side has ever managed to win…

10 years ago

Kumar Sangakkara announcing retirement? It’s nothing more than a rumour!

Social media was abuzz today with rumours of Kumar Sangakkara’s retirement A prominent daily in Sri Lanka, Daily Mirror, discharged…

10 years ago

2014 ICC Awards: Missed opportunities for Angelo Mathews and Rangana Herath?

Mitchell Johnson has had a fabulous 12 months in Test cricket The winners of the ICC awards for the year…

10 years ago

9 Issues Sri Lanka need to address before World Cup 2015

The struggle to acclimatize – Slow starters Sri Lanka’s batting has imploded in the first match of every One Day International…

10 years ago

Why ODI series loss against India is a blessing in disguise for Sri Lanka

In Mahabharata, Parasuram cursed Karna that he would forget the execution of his skills at the moment of his greatest need. Looking at…

10 years ago

The other face of Kumar Sangakkara: The man who united Sri Lanka spiritually

Many anecdotes have been written about both Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka Cricket. The story of Sri Lanka’s World Cup…

10 years ago

Satire: Scientists uncover fossils of Offiea Spinnerial

Scientists and archaeologists from the University of Marylebone have uncovered fossils of Offiea Spinnerial, a species that walked on planet…

10 years ago