As a worried parent of a son playing rugby for a leading Colombo school, I decided that I should write on some facts which are causing grave concern among quite a few parents of schoolboy rugby players. I salute the Daily Mirror for exposing some horrifying incidents that had taken place among the players of [...]

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Much as been written in recent publications in your group of newspapers about the chaos surrounding Cricket at St. Josephs College, in Colombo! Without doubt, this institution is among the foremost citadels of learning governed by the Catholic Church, having produced outstanding citizens during its long and illustrious history. This response is not so much [...]

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As a Sri Lankan loving my country and cricket, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Board of Control for Cricket in India for stopping the Indian players from playing in the secretive Sri Lanka Premier League, there by effectively delivering a death blow to the suspicious tournament. Without Indian players and [...]

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First I must congratulate the new national cricket selectors headed by the highly respected Duleep Mendis for taking the bold decision to pick the experienced Sanath Jayasuriya to the One Day International team to play England. Jayasuriya has been a proven talent and his feats are legendary to put it briefly. It is true that [...]

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Certain institutions have annual matches which they hold sacred, having played continuously for almost a hundred years. It is not just the players, but also those who have played before, and those who have been through the halls of such institutions in its many past years who treat these events with exaltation. In fact, they [...]

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A recent news item that the K A S Gunasekara Committee had presented its report on the performance of Sri Lankan athletes at the 2010 Asian games, to the Hon. Minister of Sports, once again demands the thought, is it too little, too late. The Minister had expressed his intention to implement the suggestions contained [...]

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"Batting on a Matting Wicket", which was published early in 2011, draws on Neil Wijeratne's popular Friday column, 'Sports Nostalgia', which appeared in the Daily Mirror. Sport has the ability to bridge cultural and political borders. And words are often the best way to move from one jurisdiction to another. In his latest work, "Batting [...]

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It is with great pain of mind and heavy hearts I with the blessings of past captains write this article for the information of all club members, the cricket loving public, Sri Lanka Cricket administrators and to whom it may concern, as the club is now down to rock bottom in cricket except for an [...]

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I had a heart laugh when I read in the Daily Mirror the other day that Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage had ordered members of the Sri Lanka cricket team to return to the country aborting the IPL in order to prepare for the tour of England. Mr. Minister are you trying a publicity stunt or [...]

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Are some people connected to the administration of cricket planning a big rip-off by complaining that there is no money after incurring expenses for the World Cup? The Daily Mirror reported that Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage had lamented that Sri Lanka had lost millions in expenditure and would now have to depend on some bank [...]

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Dear Sir please permit me to raise a few questions of public interest in your highly acclaimed newspaper with regard to the performance of the Sri Lanka team in the final against India. I have nothing against the selectors. They picked the team on that day like any other selection committee does. But did this [...]

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If there is a World Court for sports-related injustices to be heard then we must take our case concerning the day-light robberies, frauds and cheating over the sale and distribution of tickets, to this court immediately before the culprits leave the scene. This is the only way all those Sri Lankans who have been at [...]

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The national cricket selectors have washed their hands off the World Cup final debacle and seem to have got away scot-free. Aravinda de Silva the resigned chairman of the selection committee boasted that he will put the house in order last year only to mess up again like the man whom he succeeded Asantha de [...]

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Former Sri Lanka batsman, Marvan Atapattu is likely to be the new batting coach of Kumar Sangakkara's team. This was revealed by the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) chairman D.S. de Silva. Speaking exclusively to this scribe, he said, "Atapattu has shown interest to be associated with the team and therefore we are considering him to [...]

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Bollywood actress Ameesha Patel has described Sri Lanka’s fast bowler Lasith Malinga as a ‘very interesting and unconventional’ person and also said she was ‘dying to meet him.’ The Mid-Day website quoted Ameesha Patel as saying, “I just love him. I’m dying to meet him and give him a hug and a kiss. I find [...]

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As a cricket fan I have been hearing all sorts of conspiracy theories since the World Cup final loss on Saturday. I would therefore much grateful if someone if the national selectors can answer these few simple questions so we can come to our safe conclusion. n Why did all members of the national cricket [...]

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Dear Muttiah Muralideran while people will want to thank you or congratulate you for your services to the Sri Lanka cricket team, I want to sincerely thank you for leaving. I mean this is the only way Sri Lanka can play and win collectively as a team without you in the side. For the past [...]

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Selecting Tilakaratne Dilshan to open batting for Sri Lanka in the crucial games is a costly affair, as he doesn't seem to understand the importance and the responsibility of an opening batsman. He is like a cat on a hot bricks; he is trying to go after the bowling not understanding the nature of the [...]

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I am a keen follower of cricket for the last 40 years. In short I say the selection committee has made a very big blunder by including Dilhara Fernando into the World Cup cricket squad. When you go through the bowling performance of him it was very poor throughout the last one year. Mostly he [...]

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I am in full agreement with the remarks made by Roland J. Fernando that it is the former sports minister Jeewan Kumaranatunga who has to be blamed for the disgraceful acts taking place at Sri Lanka Cricket. It was he who set up this Interim Committee curse in 2005 after sacking an elected set of [...]

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