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Pathum Nissanka and Ashen Bandara

What does the selection of Pathum Nissanka and Ashen Bandara into the shorter formats say about Sri Lanka cricket?

  • Opinions
  • June 18, 2021

Pathum Nissanka and Ashen Bandara were picked into shorter formats though neither of them took part in the LPL. Did LPL make a mistake by not picking them or has the Sri Lankan management made a mistake by picking them? And what do these conflicting stands say about Sri Lanka as a whole?

Dilruwan Perera

Sri Lanka’s epidemic of non-spinning “spinners”

  • Analysis
  • February 18, 2021

Sri Lanka’s strategy of valuing reliability over spin is the major reason for their downfall in Tests at home.

Sri Lanka have a spin-bowling problem and we need to talk about it

  • Stats
  • January 23, 2021

Sri Lanka’s home record in Tests has become, admittedly, very poor. However, it is the batsmen who have been pointed fingers at while the spinners have managed to go scot-free. The spinners deserve more flak than the batsmen and this article discusses why.

The second-string Sri Lankan team has exposed the longstanding selection issues

  • Opinions
  • October 20, 2019

Sri Lankan selectors have been the biggest reason behind the team’s poor performances in recent times. The success of the second-string Sri Lankan side in Pakistan only proves this longstanding issue.

Sri Lanka should forget shorter formats altogether

  • Opinions
  • June 21, 2019

Shorter formats now leave no room for amateurish managerial travesties. Sri Lanka are less likely to mend their way of managing their cricket team. It is only right that the inevitable is acknowledged.

Sri Lanka World Cup Squad: Ashantha de Mel has put Sri Lanka cricket back by several years

  • Opinions
  • May 3, 2019

This World Cup squad is what you get when you let a macaque into a parrots’ nest.

Is there a conspiracy to get rid of Hathurusingha?

  • Analysis
  • February 18, 2019

Hathurusingha has made a lot of people within Sri Lanka Cricket feel threatened. What we are seeing is their revolt against the head coach.

Have Sri Lanka failed to improve under Hathurusingha?

  • Analysis
  • February 13, 2019

Given where Sri Lanka were when he took over, Hathurusingha’s stint shouldn’t be judged by the win-loss record alone.

Hathurusingha is no magician

  • Opinions
  • February 13, 2019

Sri Lankan fans have clearly run out of patience. But why? And how justified is it?

Why gender politicians should stop with blaming the male establishment for women’s cricket’s slow progress

  • Opinions
  • October 11, 2017

Why try to find a solution when you have men to pin the blame on?

Is Dayasiri Jayasekara the new clown in the town?

  • Opinions
  • July 2, 2017

What is the monkey doing in the parrot’s nest?

Nokia’s failure and the lesson for Sri Lanka Cricket

  • Opinions
  • April 29, 2017

Nokia’s failure to adapt to the change and its final destiny are both a lesson for Sri Lanka Cricket.

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