Help Cricket Expand: An open letter to BCCI
Dear BCCI, I write to you this letter at the risk of being branded as “just another jealous non-Indian who envies the power of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)”. When the FIFA World…
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Satire: Beaten and bruised – A candid chat with a cricket ball in the modern era
Dressed in red or white, depending on the occasion, she can rattle stumps and break jaws. She is a lynchpin in world cricket. When she kisses the willow – her partner-in-crime – she creates music that can…
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The reasons for the incompleteness of CLT20
If one moment that had an incredible and perennial impact on World Cricket, then that would be Misbah Ul Haq’s failed scoop against Johinder Sharma in the final of the 2007 WT20. That one shot…
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Benefits cricket can gain from being a part of Asian Games
Cricket is the second-most popular sport in the world, thanks to the gargantuan population of South Asia. Although around 2.5 billion fans follow the sport fervently, the art of cricket is known only to a few…
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An All Time Best World T20 XI that played no T20
It is not uncommon for fans to come up with their own All Time Best world XIs in both Tests and ODIs. With T20 being the recent addition to the game of glorious uncertainties, choosing…
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Mahadevan Sathasivam: A Forgotten Prince of Sri Lanka Cricket
“Wrong place, wrong time” were two of the very first words Shehan Karunathilaka used when describing the fictional Lankan chinaman bowler Pradeep S Mathew. The same phrase can be used for many players. In the…
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Chucking in Cricket should be allowed
Bowling in cricket has seen tremendous changes, from rolling the ball along the turf with an underarm action to adopting a roundarm action which later lead to higherarm actions. Cricket’s attitude towards bowling has seen…
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Rugby: Sri Lanka Cricket's New Adversary
Shout the word “Sri Lanka” at a World Stage. For many it is the 30 year war and the various political ploys that surround it, that comes to the mind. For the ones who have…
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Sri Lanka's Anathematized Young Batsmen
Sri Lanka is quirky among Cricket Playing Nations. Among the Top Cricket Playing Nations, Sri Lanka has the least GDP; is the second least populated; has the worst domestic structure; and has the least number of International Stadiums.…
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The Story of Self-effacing Chandimal
Team sports can be a tough proposition, since anyone can easily be lost between self and team. What do you play for? Who do you play for? For personal milestones or team’s glory? For yourself…
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How GODs are synthesised
On the 2nd of April when Kumar Sangakkara roared at the Mumbai sky calling “Heads”, the tumultuous Wankhade crowd masked Sanga’s call. For the rest of his life Sanga would be heckled as a cheat by…
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Testing times in Tests in England- A look at all Tests Lanka played in England
Sri Lanka Tour of England 1984 Sri Lanka’s first test in England was played at the Lord’s Cricket Ground from the 23rd of August to the 28th of August. It was just a one off test match…
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Three Places Up for Grabs in the Sri Lankan Test Side
As the first class match against Northamptonshire is auguring well for Sri Lanka ahead of the Tests against England, still there are three slots in the test side to be filled. Sri Lanka’s batting order has…
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Kill or get Killed
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8 years ago, in the United Kingdom when the summer sun was just starting to peep on the British Isle, Sri Lanka Cricket team lead by Mahela Jayawardane defeated England 5-0, making history. 8 years…
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Shouldn't a bowler's ability to bowl dot balls be more rewarded?
50 years ago, a bowler’s effectiveness and opulence were measured by the number of wickets he took. The strike rate was the criteria that separated the bests from the goods. 20 years later with the…
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The last Chapter of a Heartwarming Novel
It all began a decade ago, when two stalwarts of world cricket tangoed together to maul a bowling attack that contained an astute leg break bowler in it on a tricky track in Dambulla during…
