Keshan Dissanayake

Mostly talking Cricket and Film and TV and Books here. Blogs at The Spectator’s Diary 🏏

[Keshan Dissanayake @KeshanSD]

@RealGDT Oh and Babylon ! What an absolute classic!

[Keshan Dissanayake @KeshanSD]

@RealGDT Loveee Counselor! And I think Ridley’s Body of Lies deserves a lot more love too.

[Keshan Dissanayake @KeshanSD]

Peanut Butter Falcon!

[Kalshi Film @Kalshi_Film]

Name a film more people need to see.

I’ll start:

[England Cricket @englandcricket]

Old foes. New drama.
An unrivalled series.
Hear our take 🗣

[Henry Moeran @henrymoeranBBC]

The inimitable Ravi Shastri describing India’s collapse in a way only he can.

[Cricket Shouts 🏏 @crickshouts]

If you’ve never smashed one through the covers in a bar or festival…

You’ve never lived 😂

📸 Will Taylor (TikTok)

[Keshan Dissanayake @KeshanSD]

@Angelo69Mathews @ESPNcricinfo Hahaha exactly!

[Angelo Mathews @Angelo69Mathews]

@ESPNcricinfo So what? Have a look at the video it’s stil the same 😂

[Cricinfo @cricinfo]

Bangladesh bowling coach Allan Donald does not approve, says 'there's no place for it'

👉 https://t.co/Y5PCSQv3Er | #SLvBAN | #CWC23

[Angelo Mathews @Angelo69Mathews]

I rest my case! Here you go you decide 😷😷

[Andrew McGlashan @andymcg_cricket]

Matthews' helmet strap appeared to break, right? Helmets are viewed as vital protective equipment. Surely just allow it to be swapped, however long to takes. Why didn't Shakib say he was happy for Matthews to continue? Looks very poor

#BANvSL #CWC23

[Andy Zaltzman @ZaltzCricket]

What makes the Angelo Mathews timed out dismissal so absurd is that if he had faced one ball, then his chinstrap had broken, no-one would have batted even half an eyelid about him taking a minute or two to fix/replace it before the next ball. A ridiculous dismissal.

[Robert Galbraith @RGalbraith]

In anticipation of the release of The Running Grave - next week! - let’s reacquaint ourselves with where we left Strike & Robin professionally & personally as they complete the investigation into the death of Edie Ledwell at the end of The Ink Black Heart: https://t.co/TyxrVAaFZk

[Ian Raphael Bishop @irbishi]

Still can’t get over that crowd at the Premadasa stadium yesterday for the SL vs PAL clash. Sri Lankans are amongst some of the friendliest and beautiful people I’ve encountered. Love how the subcontinent backs their teams.

[Sri Lanka Tweet 🇱🇰 @SriLankaTweet]

Sri Lanka Winning Moment 🇱🇰🏏

Sri Lanka 🇱🇰🏏now reached 11 Asia Cup Finals, more than either India or Pakistan.

Congratulations @OfficialSLC 🇱🇰🙏

#LKA #SriLanka #PAKvSL #AsiaCup #AsiaCup2023 #SLvPAK

[European Cricket @EuropeanCricket]

NO WAY THIS HAPPENED!🤯

With only 1% chance of winning at six over mark to losing by just 1 run, Asian Latina had their heart broken in the most bizarre way ever.💔 😮

#EuropeanCricket #EuropeanCricketSeries #StrongerTogether

[BLACKCAPS @BLACKCAPS]

Our 2023 @cricketworldcup squad introduced by their number 1 fans! #BACKTHEBLACKCAPS #CWC23

[Gregory Alan Isakov @GregoryAIsakov]

Appaloosa Bones is officially out in the world today.
hope these songs take ya someplace good. love, g

🎥: Glenn Ross Photo
to listen: https://t.co/Z19b6qXa3r

[Iron Maiden @IronMaiden]

A message from Nicko:

Hello Boys and Girls,

I hope this message finds you all well!

The reason I'm writing to you all today is to let you know of a very serious health problem that I have been through. In January I had a stroke, thank the Lord it was a minor one referred to as a TIA. It left me paralyzed on my right side from my shoulder on down, of course I was very worried that my career was over but with the love and support from my wife, Rebecca and family, my doctors, especially Julie my OT (Occupational Therapist), and my Maiden family I was able to bounce back to somewhere near 70% recovered. After 10 weeks of intense therapy it was almost time to start rehearsals for our tour. I feel it's important to let you know about this now instead of earlier as I was mainly concerned with doing my job and concentrating on getting back to 100% fitness. I'm not there yet but by the grace of God I'm getting better and stronger as the weeks go by.

Thank you all for a most wonderful and magical tour so far, you have all been so amazing.

Well that's it from me. God bless you all, stay safe and well and I look forward to seeing you all somewhere in time. 🙂🙂

Nicko

Manager Rod Smallwood adds - “The rest of the band and l think that what Nicko has been able to achieve since his stroke shows incredible belief and willpower and we are all very proud of him. With this new and musically very complex set to learn ahead of him, he just got his head down and concentrated on recovery. We honestly did not know if he would be able to play a whole show until band rehearsals started in May and there was just so much support for him from the band and then genuine relief for all when we saw he was going to be able to do it!”

"Nicko being Nicko he did not want to make a fuss and cause any distraction to the tour at the time but, now that he is sure he will soon get there, he thought you fans should know straight from him rather than by any rumours!"

"We are all of course delighted he battled through this so well and look forward to many more tours together starting with the three Western Canada shows and Power Trip in California coming up in a couple of months time. We can’t wait! This tour is that good!”

#IronMaiden #NickoMcBrain #TheFuturePastTour

[Sky Sports Cricket @SkyCricket]

"My legs went a bit jelly-like!" 🥺

Stuart Broad reflects on his decision to retire and the emotions when bowling his last over in the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval 💫