๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐ ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ- ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ. #๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ By Ravi Irugalbandara First of a series of articles on sporting Legends, a trip down memory lane by Ravi Irugalbandara. A versatile sportsman of 80โs, Ravi captained St. Benedictโs College 1st XI at Cricket (84), Hockey and U 19 Football. …
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By Nuwangi Gunawardena Sri Lanka U19โs Tour of England kicked off with the 1st Youth Test at Chelmsford on the 21st of August. The four-day match would mark the first series for the Sri Lankan U19โs since former national cricketer Jehan Mubarak took over as the head coach in March …
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JOSEPHIAN DUNITH WELLALAGE SET TO LEAD SRI LANKA U19 IN ODI SERIES AGAINST BANGLADESH U19 By Kiyasha Kohombanwickramage The Sri Lankan U19 team, is set to take on Bangladesh U19, in the upcoming five-match Youth ODI series from the 15th-25th October, at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium. Josephian cricket …
Read More »REMEMBERING BRYAN
By Lorenz Pereira Eustace Bryan Pereira passed away on 3rd April 2019 at the age of 78, quite unexpectedly, but peacefully, with dignity and with no fuss in keeping with his gentle character and laconic lifestyle. Bryan operated in a by-gone time capsule setting his own agenda, quite oblivious to …
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Lawrence Heyn was sports editor of the SUN and WEEKEND newspapers in Colombo in the 1970s and early โ80s. He migrated to Australia in 1984 and worked for 27 years as an editor and production editor for a newspaper group in Brisbane. He is a partner in a design company, …
Read More »ROHAN WEERAKKODY; A TRUE LEGEND OF JOSEPHIAN CRICKET
BY NEIL WIJERATNE Then came the most exciting phase of the awards ceremony. The entertainment items, music, dancing and speeches came to an abrupt end. There was a pin drop silence amongst the packed house at the main hall of the BMICH, Colombo 07. The event was the Schoolboy …
Read More »MAHDEVAN SATHASIVAM THE GREATEST
By Elmo Rodrigopulle I deem it a privilege and an honour to be asked to pen a piece on MAHADEVAN SATHASIVAM, by my Editor Sujith Silva for the โQUADRANGLEโ. Sathasivam, without doubt was the greatest batsman produced by Sri Lanka in the pre-Test era and even the post era could …
Read More »The Aloysian INVINCIBLES of 1956
By Johnny de Silva The Invincible St. Aloysius College Galle Cricket team in the 1956 season under the captaincy of Mohamed Anwer carried all before them becoming the unofficial Southern Group champions for the first time. SAC โ56 beat both Richmond College and Mahinda College in their annual encounters. Melvin …
Read More »Six of the best Antonians in school cricketโs honour roll
By Afzal Laphir (Melbourne) The schoolboy cricketer of the year award is the most prestigious title a cricketer aspires to during his school career. It brings recognition and often a place in the national side. It is no coincidence that six cricketers in the 1996 World Cup-winning side …
Read More »Ronnie & the merry men of Bambalapitiya
Down memory lane with Ronnie Guneratne By Algi Wijewickrema ย Ronnie Guneratne perhaps is not a household name in Sri Lanka. Itโs no fault of his as he was a sportsman in an era when there was no TV, no email, Facebook, Twitter, etc. and only the newspapers carried news, …
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