Damith Samarakoon - Cricinfo magazine

Time for Thirimanne to repay faith and deliver

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Having been given a long rope, despite a shaky technique, the onus is on Lahiru Thirimanne to step up and convert promise into substance

Arjuna's real-life Hobbits

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A Sri Lankan fan inspired by the heroes of 1996 ponders the impact of an Associate-free World Cup on cricket fans in Kabul, Dublin, Rotterdam and Kathmandu

Sri Lanka in a World Cup funk

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

For a Sri Lanka fan, the team's losing streak in the New Zealand ODIs is perhaps the equivalent of getting paralysed by poison. Your body is immobile giving the impression that you've died, but inside, you are still very much alive. Screaming.

Don't get greedy Sri Lanka

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A lesson for Sri Lankan Cricket from Breaking Bad - if it ain't broke, don't obsess over fixing it

SLPL - a piece of a jigsaw puzzle

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The SLPL has had mixed reviews - there are the fanboys of Sri Lanka cricket and then there are the ones who didn't get it at all

Sri Lanka Cricket slams unfounded expectations

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Board criticises media and fans for demanding a well-run cricket administration

'I do struggle to convert fifties into hundreds'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Angelo Mathews is the man Sri Lanka turn to when they need a finisher in a chase. He talks about the pressure of the role, his Test form, and captaincy ambitions

Letters to Sanga

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

If there's one thing that Sri Lanka Cricket is good at, it's communicating with its star players

BCCI investigates un-Sri Lankan team

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Victories and absence of long names raise red flags

If it's Sydney, it must be a Sri Lankan win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Big hits, steely glares, great music and lively entertainment makes even a one-sided game rather fun

Sri Lanka Cricket does away with fans

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Says pesky supporters have been hindering the progress of the team

If Steve Jobs had run cricket

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The sport would have been played in pristine outfits, by beautiful people who'd get all their problems solved by someone smarter than the umps

The cult of Thilan

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

There walk among us those who will rip your intestines out, fill them with Statsguru links and feed them back to you if you say a word against Samaraweera

Welcome to the pack, Geoff

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sri Lanka's new coach gets introduced to the ways of the team's senior players

Life as a former slinger (still a curly blond)

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

There's all this free time to spend, but only if the Sri Lankan team stops making all those SOS calls

Sanga's Eleven

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

What do you get when Sri Lanka's ever-so-smooth captain puts together a crack team to get up the noses of the Australians? Cricket plus heist movie, that's what

Where the party's at

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The SCG had the feel of an after-semester do. No one much minded that one side didn't really show up

Nice pairs

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Television's Amazing Race unfailingly delivers stereotype teams each season. What if cricketers were to go on the show, we asked ourselves