Old Cricketers Except D.S, the undesirable

Old Cricketers Except D.S, the undesirable
Old Cricketers Except D.S, the undesirable

This is a bit of "gossip", I made to a local paper.

I do hesitate to write anything about present cricketers except Mahela (not necessary for Sanga, who has a big wag of his own) for posterity.

They are our Rohan Kanhai and Kallicharan duo.

Of course, there is no look a like for Vivian Richards, on record.

Cricketers (all good cricketers should do that) used to walk away (like Mahela) if they felt they were out without leaving the agony for the umpires to decide.

Our cricket Board is corrupt to the core like our politicians.

Politicians (even after heroin) and board officials (big mess in cricket stadiums and the grass they used to overlay, many corrupt practices, which even our milking cows won't partake ) never resign.


1. T. B. Kehelgamuwa I knew him well in cricket and in police.
 
2. Daya (Sahabandu) used to ball SIX different ways in an over.

He was the worst fielder we ever had.

He has (probably) never scored a caught and balled victory in an international.

Somebody had to be in the Circle or Ring to catch for him.

It was very nice cricket anyway, without the hype.
 
3. We had a guy called Ben Navaratne who whipped the bail by his tongue and the umpire could not catch this trick.

If he became a politician with his wagging tongue (not the tails of present parliamentarians), God only knows where he would have gone. 

May be Sky High!

4. Micheal Tissera was the best we had, he could have achieved more, if not for the fact, his buddy (bestman) eloped to Australia with his wife.

Collection of these writings should be there in the Web (preserved as archives), like in Wikipedia for the young ones to browse.