Author: Theviyanthan Krishnamohan
Kumar Sangakkara’s retirement – It’s not the end, it’s the consummation
Any heart-warming novel will have its final chapter. Any supremely impassioned movie will have its final minutes. A good rendition of mellifluous music will glide through a crescendo before petering out to a cathartic consummation. Kumar Chokshanada…
CWC 2015: New Zealand vs South Africa 1st semi-final – Why the Kiwis were worthy winners
If you surf the social media, all what you would find are posts of condolences for South Africa’s “unexpected” semi-final exit from the World Cup that they deserved to win. Imageries of Ab de Villiers shedding tears…
Why the 2015 edition is the most one-sided World Cup ever
Empiricists and romanticists alike would agree that this year’s World Cup has been apathetic. It is yet to imbue the incredulity of the 1975 edition or the histrionics of the 1983 version. We haven’t seen any…
The enigma called Associates – Drafting the layout of an all-inclusive but interesting World Cup
The format of the 2019 World Cup has become a boxing ring. In the associate corner are expansionists who believe Cricket should travel beyond the current pool of countries and become a truly global sport.…
Sangakkara and Jayawardene – The twin towers of Sri Lanka Cricket
All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances. As the two paladins of Sri Lanka cricket bow down from their illustrative careers, it…
Why the current NRR method is flawed
Net Run Rate (NRR) is a statistical method used in analysing teamwork and/or performance in the sport of cricket. It is the most commonly used method of ranking teams with equal points in limited overs league competitions, analogous to goal…
Mixed Reality: A technology cricket should exploit
Cricket loves experimenting. Batsmen experiment with different bats and stances. Bowlers experiment with various types of deliveries. The administration experiments with the rules (If there were an app for the rules of cricket then it…
Most incredible matches in World Cup history: 4 – Kenya vs West Indies, 1996
If you think fairytales don’t translate into real life, then you would not have watched the 1996 Cricket World Cup. That tournament, held in the subcontinent, was important for many reasons. It shifted the power of…
Personality Quiz: Which Sri Lankan captain are you?
Check out this quiz to find which Sri Lankan cricket captain you are.
Bowling isn’t broken. It is the batting that needs fixing!
Nothing has gone well for Sri Lanka in the world cup thus far. Their pre-tournament form was wrecked, the world cup song for Sri Lanka was cheesy and Kumar Dharmasena- the Sri Lankan umpire found…
5 things Sri Lanka need to try before the World Cup for a change in fortune- The Mahinda Rajapaksha way!
The selectors of Sri Lanka cricket have pulled out all the stops to field a fighting XI for the upcoming world cup down under. The mission-impossible has seen 5 different openers, several lower order sloggers and…