Apr 4, 2012
Today the second test match between England and Sri Lanka started. Some say Cricket is Sri Lanka’s only true religion. But in the aftermath of the Channel 4 documentary and the Human Rights Council decision not everybody is convinced England should be there at all. We...
Jul 13, 2011
Never has the link between cricket and politics been so evident and so alarming in the history of Sri Lanka as when one reflects for just a moment on the 2011 MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture, given by former Sri Lankan Cricket Captain Kumar Sangakkara, on 4th...
Jul 4, 2011
An article written by Andy Bull in The Guardian last week, republished in full below. Disgrace. What a tediously familiar word; stripped of significance by its overuse, shorn of force by its frequent repetition. Read it again. Roll it around your tongue. Feel its heat...
May 26, 2011
A senior political analyst based in Colombo writes about corruption charges within the Sri Lankan cricket administration. The original article can be accessed here and has been reproduced in full below.When former Sri Lankan test captain Hashan Tillekeratne recently...
