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Islander 🇱🇰 trying to decode the colonial hangover 🏏

Current 📖 → 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝟮.𝟬: 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝟮𝟬 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

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From minnows & branded cheats, to the top of the World in one glorious crescendo. The maddest of all madnesses.

Let's get this party started, shall we? Like it's 1996🏏🎊🎉

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[Viren Beruwalage @VirenBeruwalage]

Great having you at home @brookeswrites ! Merl and I can’t wait to have you on the @Eyeoncric and @reading_cricket again soon!

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@Cricket_decoded @udendra you might like this one too. By any measure, the 1997 Sanath season is in the GOAT conversation <3

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Here's a different look at the same data.

This looks at the deviation from the average strike rate for that year (e.g., 1995) among all batters who have scored above 500 for that year and rank them based on how much better they were

Average cut-off: 40 (Truly elite ODI seasons)

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Sanath Jayasuriya's career figures often mask how truly transcendental he was at his peak.

Here are all the calendar years (pre-T20, 1975-2006) which met the cutoff criteria of

→ More than 750 Runs
→ SR > 107

There are 5 such instances. Sanath owns 3
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[Aravinthan Arunthavanathan @Cricket_decoded]

@reading_cricket @brookeswrites 1996-97 combined was phenomenal. Add to that his contribution in bowling and gun fielding. I doubt many could match the impact he had during that time even if we look across eras. GOAT

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Sanath Jayasuriya's career figures often mask how truly transcendental he was at his peak.

Here are all the calendar years (pre-T20, 1975-2006) which met the cutoff criteria of

→ More than 750 Runs
→ SR > 107

There are 5 such instances. Sanath owns 3
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*One deserving winner

Chamari all the way! 😍

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Four superstars, one winner.

Who will be crowned ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year?

More: https://t.co/jI4mdyRWFS

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Totally agree with @ajarrodkimber on his take about what made 92 kits memorable in their #Crickpicks EP 2 with @DeafMango & @Estelle_Vasude1

Colorful but not shiny, uniform & complementary in design, and the material looks great.

Such eye candy.

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Chamara Kapugedara's career never really took off, but he did hit this amazing Six off a 143kmph delivery from Brett Lee at the GABBA in the 3rd final of the 2006 VB Series.

And you really can't blame anybody who had their hopes up after watching this.

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The rest as they say, is history. 🇮🇳 we’re skittled out for 66 and 🇱🇰 chased down the target with 4 wickets remaining.

This win was Ceylon’s first victory in an unofficial Test match. 

It was the first step towards being accepted as a full member of the ICC

(6/6)

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Looking back on a historic moment in Sri Lankan 🇱🇰 cricket history.

In a match held from 2-5 January 1965, Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) defeated India 🇮🇳 in an away Test for the very first and (last) time 🫠

A landmark achievement. The match was held in Ahmedabad

(1/n)

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After close of play, Michael summoned a team meeting and announced a masterstroke. 🇱🇰would declare at the start of play on Day 4 even though they were 45 runs behind. 

Michael felt that the condition of the pitch after the overnight dew would suit his bowlers better.

(5/n)

[Merl Syrex Chandana @merl_syrex]

Chamari Atapattu! 😌

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1. The Greatest cricket inning of all time

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7 photos that defined #Cricket in 2023 - A subjective list, ranked.
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7. Madushanka bursts into the world stage with a peach

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2. "Nothing more satisfying than silencing 1.3 lakh people"