Members only Facts Featured The Baileys Of Ceylon And Tasmanian Origins George Bailey's great-great-grandfather of the same name and son of Revd. Bailey, was born today in 1853 in Ceylon, and is the first Tasmanian Cricketer to represent Australia.
Cricket The Sri Lankan Head Coaches At The Asia Cup This year's edition of the Asia Cup, has three Sri Lankans as Head Coaches for their respective teams, which is also the most representation from a single country!
Members only On This Day De Saram- The Colonel, Coach & Cricket Captain Born today in 1912, Col. F.C. De Saram not only led Ceylon Cricket in his younger days but also the 1962 Ceylonese coup d'état, and subsequently became a Coach and Selector.
Tennis Anjana, A Familiar Face At The Grand Slams! Anjana De Silva, one of the well known names in the Sri Lankan Tennis circuit as a Tournament Referee, was the only Asian Line Judge at this year's French Open Finals
Members only Facts Gauder, 'Sandy Gardens' And Sri Lanka Rugby As Adam Gauder, the Australian born rugby player of Sri Lankan descent, gets called into the national team again, let's look at his origins and the many roads in Wellawatte!
On This Day 'Karu Ayya' - A Genius In Lyrics And Commentary! Karunaratne Abeysekera who was born 95 years ago today, was not only a lyrical genius behind more that 2000 songs but also introduced Sinhala Cricket Commentary
On This Day Sir Arthur - The Author And First Class Cricketer Born on 'Sherlock Holmes Day' today, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle named the fictional detective after a Nottinghamshire Cricketer and once took the wicket of W.G. Grace!
Members only Facts Gunasekara - Passing The Baton Then VS Now Senior Police Officer Hemantha Gunasekara, who once held the National Record in the Men's 4x100m, is the proud father of Anudi- the Miss Sri Lanka for the Miss World!
Rugby Ekanayake Nominated For HSBC SVNS Awards 20 year old Australian Rugby 7's player Aden Ekanayake, a rising speed-star of a familiar origin, has been nominated among 3 players for the HSBC SVNS Rookie of the Year Award!
Karunaratne - A Frank And Underrated Opener Dimuth Karunaratne, who recently retired on his 100th Test match and one of the most prolific openers to grace the field in whites for Sri Lanka, turns 37 years today!
On This Day Astonishing Feats Of The Bent Arm Bowler With 1347 international wickets to his name, Muttiah Muralitharan who turns 53 years today is not your everyday tailender when looking at his batting and fielding feats!
Facts 'Awuduru Games' No More At The Olympics! These two sports which are very popular during the Sinhala and Tamil New Year season, were a part and now discontinued from the Olympic Games over a century ago!
Members only Cricket Origins of 'The Great Intercollegiate Match' Ashley Walker, a First Class Cricketer and Royal College Master, wrote a letter to S.Thomas' College that led to the 'Big Match' and birth of School's Cricket in Ceylon.
On This Day The Ceylon-Born Author Who Sled For Canada! Philanthropist and Author Sir Christopher Ondaatje who turns 92 years today, is the first Ceylon-Born Winter Olympian and was part of the Canadian Bobsled team in 1964!
On This Day When Sri Lanka Became the 8th Test Nation On this day in 1982, Sri Lanka played their inaugural Test match as the 8th country to receive the Full ICC Membership, against England at the P. Sara Oval Stadium.
Members only On This Day Battle of Helm's Deep Recording at Wellington LOTR Director Peter Jackson had an unusual idea to gather as many people to chant in Black Speech, during the New Zealand vs England 2nd ODI on this day in 2002!
On This Day Born Today- Sri Lanka's First Test Captain Bandula Warnapura, the man who led Sri Lanka in the inaugural Test match in 1982, was born on this day(?) in 1953. Read more on his legacy, and on his birth anniversary.
