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How Tony Greig decorated Sri Lanka’s World Cup win

Former cricketer and television icon Tony Greig was on air when Sri Lanka won...
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A World Cup debut at 17

Sri Lanka’s selectors picked a 17-year-old in their World Cup squad in 1979. Certain...
National Cricket

When Chandimal hit Sri Lanka’s fastest fifty in Sydney

Until the last World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, the fastest fifty in...
National Cricket

The only time Sri Lanka beat Australia in a World Cup game

Since the inaugural edition of the Cricket World Cup in 1975, Sri Lanka and...
Cricket

Good sports, tougher competitors and bitterest rivals

In early 2005, a couple of weeks after the deadly tsunami disaster, the unthinkable...
Cricket

A Wankhede warm-up before the World Cup final

Colombo has four Test grounds – SSC, The Oval, CCC and RPS and not...
Cricket

The World Cup record of Dilshan and Tharanga

Following the bitter experiences of the 1999 World Cup, Sri Lanka’s selectors learned their...
Cricket

Panda saves Sri Lanka from Afghan embarrassment

They have all experienced that embarrassing moment – to be beaten by a associate...
Cricket

Sri Lanka’s best bowling attack in World Cups

Choosing Sri Lanka’s best attack in World Cups could be a tedious task and...
National Cricket

Arjuna makes a memorable comeback

World Cup winning Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga played in five World Cups and...
Cricket

Guy De Alwis tops batting charts

The late Guy De Alwis wore many hats for Sri Lankan cricket and left...
Cricket

Cricket’s best stumping?

Prasanna Jayawardene has perhaps effected more  attractive stumpings for Sri Lanka and three decades...
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WATCH – Sri Lanka is a trusted Country to host | Ghaith Jalajel – Competitions Manager – Asia Rugby

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