Rex Clementine in Galle Surrey loves Sanga. The whole of England loves him. How else would he have gone on to become the first non-British President of MCC? The former Sri Lankan skipper having finished his Test career in 2015 moved to the English county circuit and broke record after record emerging as the leading […]
by Reemus Fernando When M.A. Akbar won Sri Lanka’s first medal -a silver- in pole vault at the Asian Games in 1951 he cleared 3.69 metres. That remained the country’s only pole vault medal at Asian level until Maris Stella College athlete Thushen Silva won silver at the ongoing Asian Youth Athletics Championships in Uzbekistan […]
A last-ball thriller that ended with Sikandar Raza pulling Matheesha Pathirana for three quick runs stunned a Chepauk crowd that may have expected their team to return home with a win and get closer to the top of the table. Chennai Super Kings had almost everything going for them;Devon Conway walloped an unbeaten 92, MS […]
Rajasthan Royals came up with a complete performance with both bat and ball to complete the double over Chennai Super Kings in this year’s edition of the Indian Premier League. Batting first, Royals put up 202 on the board, a total that appeared to be above par with Yashasvi Jaiswal stealing the show. With the […]
Rex Clementine in Galle There are quite a few Cinderella stories in Sri Lankan cricket. Players with numerous economic hardships and challenges going onto become household names in the country thanks to their skill, commitment and perseverance is nothing new. We witnessed yet another such story yesterday as Nishan Madushka converted a maiden hundred […]