Yashod Rajasinghe

👨‍⚕️Doctor|🎓DEVAN🙌|🌺UOP🏰 |🏏SLC|Tennis-ing🎾|🎼|🎤 Addict| Her Everything😘😘😘" LW " 😍😍

[Yashod Rajasinghe @yp_rajasinghe]

Good that @OfficialSLC is not competing in Champions Trophy. With the way they are falling apart in crucial games, even sub-continent conditions will be a nightmare for them in that tournament 🙏

[Johns. @CricCrazyJohns]

ONE OF THE GREATEST CATCHES EVER IN LEAGUE HISTORY 🤯

- WILL JACKS HAS TAKEN A STUNNER.

[Sri Lanka Tweet 🇱🇰 @SriLankaTweet]

Commonwealth Games Men’s Javelin throw.

🥇 Rumesh Tharanga 🇱🇰 – 89.75m
🥈 Neeraj Chopra 🇮🇳 – 85.83m
🥉 Yash Vir Singh 🇮🇳 – 85.41m

What a night 💪

[Sri Lanka Tweet 🇱🇰 @SriLankaTweet]

Winning Moment 🇱🇰 🥇

Beating THREE Olympic champs, to take your country's first gold in 20 years ❤️

Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage puts Sri Lankan athletics on the map, securing the win in the men's javelin and his nations first CW gold medal since 2006 💪🏻

[Baynham Goredema 🇿🇼 🇿🇦 @bayhaus]

5/0! like 5 wickets for 0 runs in 5 consecutive maiden overs!!!🔥🔥🔥 File this under records that will never be broken. If this was a player from IND, ENG, AUS we wouldn't hear the end of it. It will be all over the TL! Show this man some love!

[Rex Clementine @RexClementine]

Kashyapa maybe not be a popular monarch according to folklore, but the marvel he built is still bringing dollars to the county.

[Estelle Vasudevan @Estelle_Vasude1]

Been critical of SL persisting with Vishmi Gunaratne, but she’s been brilliant today. Looked a different player 👌 The only Sri Lankan woman apart from Chamari Athapaththu to have more than 1 international century. #SLvPAK

[Yashod Rajasinghe @yp_rajasinghe]

We miss Mr. @irbishi in the Antigua Call m Box, to appreciate Asitha Fernando's efforts. Bishi has been a constant admirer of Asitha since his U19 World Cup days. He has come a long way since 2016 graduation school.

[Rex Clementine @RexClementine]

Happy for Nilakshika. What a gutty performer lower down the order. Excellent on the field and can bowl few overs when required.

[Yashod Rajasinghe @yp_rajasinghe]

@janitHHH Yako Awurudu 4k giyada?

[𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒔 @Shebas_10dulkar]

𝗕𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗸𝗲𝘀, who retired from intl cricket a few days ago, leaves behind one of the most unique records in Test history.

He remains the only player in Test cricket history to achieve all three of these

- Bat in all 11 batting positions
- Dismiss batters from all 11 batting positions
- Take catches of batters from all 11 batting positions

[Johns. @CricCrazyJohns]

A LOVELY GESTURE BY TOM LATHAM ❤️

- Kiwi Captain talking about the Greatness of Ben Stokes.

[ICC @ICC]

𝘼𝙣 𝙞𝙘𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩 𝙗𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩 🫡

Thanks for the memories, Ben Stokes 🫶

[Johns. @CricCrazyJohns]

38 years old
Debut in 2009
Toughest phase of WI cricket

- Stayed with the team, bowling heart out, day by day, 17 years of career, completing 300 wickets, an under appreciated star of Modern Era, Kemar Roach 🫡❤️

[Abhishek AB @ABsay_ek]

Kemar Roach was born stubborn.

At 5'8" he should have been a batter or maybe a spinner. In Caribbean, fast bowlers are supposed to look like they fell out of a coconut tree & kept growing. Roach just ran in faster than physics suggested he should.
In 2009, when senior players went on strike. West Indies had to pick a 2nd string side against Bangladesh with 9 debutants. Roach took 13 wickets in 2 matches. When big names came back, he was the only one they kept.

Then came WACA, December 2009. He hit Ricky Ponting in ribs,then elbow. almost 150 kmph. Ponting's forearm went into spasm. He could not hold the bat. He walked off the field, embarrassed, for first time in a long career. Roach dismissed him in 2nd innings immediately. He got Ponting out 5 times in 6 Tests.

But speed kills the bowler too. By 2013 his shoulder was gone. Surgery in Jamaica.then car crash. Rain on a Bridgetown road & his BMW flipped multiple times. He walked away with a cut on his head. his shoulder though never came back the same. In Australia 2015 he took no wickets in 3 Tests. Dropped & forgktten. His pace had dropped from 88 miles per hour to 80. At that speed, at that height, you are supposed to disappear.

Instead he rebuilt everything. His action, angle, his mind. He became a seam surgeon. Round the wicket to left handers. A front leg brace. Late swing. Since 2018 he has taken 153 wickets at 24.34 average & 48.9 strike rate. Only Bumrah, Cummins & Rabada have taken more wickets than him with better average & strike rate. Mind You, Roach turned 30 years in 2018 itself.

In 2021 Surrey signed him. He took 97 wickets for them. Surrey won 3 consecutive County Championships.
West Indies dropped him again in 2025. Director of cricket wanted youth. Then injury crisis in New Zealand & they called him back. He batted for 233 balls for 58* in almost 5 hours to save a Test.

Then yesterday at Antigua, he bowled Asitha Fernando & became first West Indian to 300 Test wickets since Curtly Ambrose in 1997. 29 years between them. His teammates mobbed him. A shirt with 300 on the back.

West Indies cricket is supposed to be about pairs & quartets. Walsh-Ambrose & Marshall-Holding. Roach did it alone. 161 Test innings & 2590 overs without anyone truly sharing the load. And still he got there.

[Harsha Bhogle @bhogleharsha]

Irrespective of the timing @benstokes38 will go down as one of the finest players in the modern game. Inspirational. Loved the big stage. Headstrong. Decisive. Game changer. Made the game richer.

[Cricinfo @cricinfo]

Three of New Zealand's finest bow out 🇳🇿

Thanks for the memories, Sophie, Suzie and Lea ❤️

[NewsWire 🇱🇰 @NewsWireLK]

“There are thousands of young women and girls playing cricket because of Chamari Athapaththu. A role model, a legend,” Nasser Hussain said, praising the Sri Lanka women’s captain in an interview with the ICC. 💙💛🏏

[ThePapare @ThePapareSports]

Success isn't measured by trophies alone, but by the lives you inspire. A powerful reflection on Chamari Athapaththu's impact on the game ❤️🏏

#T20WorldCup #SriLankaCricket @58Chamari

[Cricinfo @cricinfo]

The end of an era ❤️

A guard of honour for Sophie Devine, Suzie Bates and Lea Tahuhu as their New Zealand careers come to an end 👏

[Cricket Ireland @cricketireland]

Meanwhile, in Bristol...

Ireland Women gathered around to watch the final over... and witness history! ☘️

#BackingGreen | #IREvIND | #FailteSolar | #Evara