Iconic Momens of World Cup Celebration

                                                                                                      

 Edgbaston, 17 June 1999:     “Australian players celebrate after running out South Africa’s Allan Donald in the World Cupsemi-final inBirmingham on June 17, 1999. A massive misunderstanding in the final over between last-man Donald and Lance Klusener, who had batted heroically to bring SA within a run of a win, ended the game in a tie. Tournament rules allowedAustralia to reach the final, which they won, beginning their decade-long domination of international cricket.” –http://www.sharegoodstuffs.com/2011/09/crickets-most-iconic-moments.html

  Lahore, 17 March 1996: “The Sri Lankan team swarm unto thepitch to share the joy of Arjuna Ranatunga and Aravinda de Silva after they completed a decisive victory  in the Final of the World Cup.”

Note umpire Steve Bucknor with a stump–is that a souvenir or the stump with audi-or camera cam?

A Letter to Sanath from an Unhappy Cricket Fan from Matara

Andrew Fernando,whom you can get to know better at  The Pigeon and here

Pic by AFP 

Dear Mr Jayasuriya,

In April 2010 you were elected to office as the Member of Parliament for the Matara district, in which I live. At the time you were full of promises and the electorate was full of hope for you. “I’d like to give back to society,” you said. “Man of the people,” said we, in turn. However, over the last year and a bit, there have been a few things bothering the people of Matara. You seemed completely preoccupied.

First there was the World Twenty20 brouhaha – you left for three weeks, scored about two runs, and then returned. It must have been the least productive foreign visit in the history of politics, but we were willing to cut you a break. Then there was the awkwardness of the campaign to be included in the World Cup squad. It didn’t end well for you, but we stuck in there. Finally there was the trip toEnglandfor your farewell game, which we were overjoyed about because we thought you’d finally stop worrying about cricket and focus on your political duties.

But now we find that you’re doing television commentary for the home series against Australia. Have you completely forgotten that you are an MP? This is very distressing for your constituents. I won’t go down the cynic’s path of claiming the only vaguely political thing you have done in the last 15 months is to get yourself in the cricket team (or the commentary box). But I will now present a list of things you have done in your role as MP that signalled to the people of Matara that your mind is focused on only one thing: