Almanac Teams: Bangladesh, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe debuts

January 27, 2025 by 3 Comments

Rodney Boyd’s latest cricket Test debuts teams concern a melange of players from Australia, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.

Almanac Cricket (and Food): Finding Duleep Mendis in Colonel Light’s Cafe

October 29, 2016 by 7 Comments

In Adelaide’s innovative suburb of Colonel Light Gardens, a new cafe has opened up. It serves Sri Lankan food. It’s owned by the Mendis family. Michael Sexton tells this tale of food and cricket.

The North West Sydney Hurricanes – first published in The Guardian

March 18, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Patrick Skene catches up with the North West Sydney Hurricanes who not only play cricket, but will be barracking hard for the Sri Lankan cricket team as they take on South Africa tonight.

Mahela Jayawardene: Tribute to the great Sri Lankan batsman

August 21, 2014 by 9 Comments

‘Great’ is a cheap adjective these days, but Mahela Jayawardene was truly a great Test batsman. And pretty handy in shorter forms of the game too. Luke Reynolds summarises a brilliant career.