http://lankancricket.com Cricket, The Sri Lankan Viewpoint Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:39:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A little while back Pro Lion and I ran a little fantasy draft game on our main site-SL Cricket.Com. The rules were simple. A whole heap of cricket fanatics took part and you would get a turn to pick a cricketer from any era of cricket since the 1900s. But ... http://lankancricket.com/2008/06/06/the-flesh-ripping-sonic-torment-xi/ Thank you Murali,from All of us. What else can you say about Muttiah that hasn't already been said. Everyone was busy typing up columns and articles for their respective bosses when he over took Shane Warne as the most successful bowler in the history of the game. But in my opinion those ... http://lankancricket.com/2008/03/10/tribute-to-murali-from-a-fan/ February 17th-21st in 1982 marked Sri Lankas first ever test. A game we sadly lost the Englishmen, after fighting with them, neck and tooth, for the first few days. All in all it was a good start to our test career as a country. And so, its been 25 years of ... http://lankancricket.com/2008/01/21/all-time-sri-lankan-test-xi/ Umpiring is widely accepted as one of the toughest jobs in sport. With wave after wave of fans/ex-players/commentators increasingly asking for more technology to be brought into the game it doesn’t get any easier. Umpires are a strange breed, because unlike players they do not gain the accolades and the ... http://lankancricket.com/2007/12/19/men-in-white-coats/ Another home test and another win the Sri Lankans at Kandy. It was a bit tricky at the end and it took a couple of special balls from the golden boy from Kandy to seal the deal for the Lankans. England came to Kandy knowing that they had to get something ... http://lankancricket.com/2007/12/06/eng-v-sl-1st-test-points-to-ponder/ Chaminda Vaas has been Sri Lankas bowling spearhead for as long as anyone can remember.He is easily the best fast bowler the country has produced, 320 test wickets at 29 and 387 ODI wickets at 26(wow) is a proof enough. Vaas joined the national team in 1994 and made an ... http://lankancricket.com/2007/12/01/100-and-out/ With all the talk of the Muppets and jokers one wonders what kind of pressure a Sri Lankan selector is under when he signs up for the job. How do his interviews go? Is there a vigorous training these guys under go or is it just on the job training ... http://lankancricket.com/2007/11/28/a-sri-lankan-selectors-hand-book/ Mike Hussey made his debut at the ripe old age of 30. And what a sensation he has been ever since he pulled on his baggy green. His transition from FC cricket to Test level has been probably the smoothest in the game and Hussey took to Test ... http://lankancricket.com/2007/11/26/hussey-cricketing-anomaly/ "We shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender"- Were the words of Churchill. Similar uttering were ... http://lankancricket.com/2007/11/24/alien-abduction-and-demonic-possession/ In all honesty the Lakqshya Test and ODI series came and went with little or no interest, if not for the Murali and Sanath heroics I would have paid little or no interest to this series. I did however watch the first day's play between the two nations in keen ... http://lankancricket.com/2007/07/30/sri-lanka-bangladesh-cricket/