RE: Sack Rugby-1980 & Global news
Asela Herath
Hi Kuga,
Machan, through Rienize introduce me as Asela I was known to every body at college as G M B Herath. I can remember when you were working for Kundanmals I came to your office and met you, Tony and Kithsiri Udawatta,( Who played for Royal) one day.Kuga I still can remember your quick fire half centaury against Trinity at Katugastota.your late cuts, pull shots, cut shots, hook shots, were fantastic to watch.
I met Angelo Wickramasooriya also recently and had a chat about cricket at college during our time. Great memories when Marlon and Angy were batting to gather.
It is nice to be in touch with Antoniance where ever you are.
Thanks Kuga keep in touch.
Asela (G M B)
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Sent: 03 August 2010 09:15
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Subject: Re: Sack Rugby-1980 &
Global news
Boys,
Here are the names of the 01st xv 1980 rugby team -
Standing L-R - Upali Nanayakkara [M.I.C]
, Anura Pitawala [scrum half], Mohamad Nazar [wing], Parakum Perera[ flanker], Ranjith Rozairo[hooker who had curly hair...lol], Mr.Bogahalanda [fitness trainer], Glen Seneviratne[flanker], Robin Mendis [centre 3 quarter], Channa De Costa [centre 3 qrtr], Udaya Hettiarachchi [wing & full back], Mr. Samson Premaratne [P.O.G]Rev.Fr.D.Stephen
, Laxmi Kandthan [full back & wing], Ramzan Mohammed [prop, central hotel, katu], LV Ekanayake [lock & no 8,], Baratha Seneviratne [capt & no 8] , Mervin Peiris [centre], Indrajith Padeniya [hooker], Niyantha Goonewardane [lock & forward], Mr. Kalu Perera [coach].
Thank you Baratha for the names [via FB], and the positions are my guesses,,lol [may be i'm accurate].
Gentlemen,
Lets welcome another couple of Antonians to our global mailing list Chitral Amarasiri captain of our 02nd XV rugby in 1979, if i can recall correct we were unbeaten winning all except STC, it was a tie "draw" 3-3. And Fast bowler during Kalpage & Murali's era "Asela Herath".
Welcome Chitral & Asela to eagles global nest [its not going to be easy here guys,,,, it has a cost old friends,,,, not much though, lol].
Gentlemen,
Here is what crossed my mind, if we could attract a 1000 Antonians to start [every antonian to introduce another 10], hopefully we may hit more... and get them to help our sports fund with an annual contribution of $50/= or 100/=, Trust me with the spirit we are in now i'm sure we will be back again as the best school of all.
So boys let's get it started and please share your informations with our grand old double eagle Ranjith Samarasekara, Dashantha from the U.K, Marlon & co from down under, Ranjith Peiris in cmb, Trevor Brown in Canada & Anton Ananda Raj in India.
I could be the little postman....
Can you guys bring all the antonians and get them to register on our website as a start <www.sackoba.org>, we need your email, location and phone contact.
We cannot let time take away our thoughts, lets get-together as one family to bring back our winning ways.
Thank you,
Kuga
sackoba-CANADA
P.S - Should anyone wishes to be off this mailing list, please get in touch with me and i strongly respect your privacy.
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Boys,
Hope everyone's doing great !
Check out these pics from 1980 Rugby - Baratha Seneviratne's team. Many familiar faces.
Some of these names came to my mind since i left school 25 years ago or more, Pitawala [Pittu], Padeniya, Perakum, Ramzan, Rosairo, Hettiarachi.
Great pic.
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<sanjeewa.n...@gmail.com>; Adrian Muller
<adrian...@hotmail.com>; Asanka Niyarepola <asa...@bancs.co.uk>;
Nimalka Perera <nima...@xtra.co.nz>; Romesh Candappa
<cand...@ihug.com.au>; Franco Ratnam <frank...@hotmail.com>;
Chris Drieberg <chris_d...@hotmail.com>; Fazeel Sheriffdeen
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Subject: Fw: Nasser Hussain on
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FYI.
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in my time.
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> Muttiah Muralitharan's 800: A magic number
that proves my old rival
> is in a world of his own
> By NASSER HUSSAIN
>
> How apt that Muttiah Muralitharan, one of the
all-time iconic
> cricketing figures, should bow out of Test
cricket by taking his
> 800th wicket with his final ball. It is the
perfect way for him to
> retire from the ultimate game.
>
> I always hope that great cricketers will go
out on a high and it does
> not get any better than finishing yesterday
on such a landmark in a
> home Test at Galle
in a winning cause against India.
It was as if
> Murali had written the script.
>
> Yes, there will always be controversy over
Murali’s action but this
> is not the time to dwell on that. I believe
that bowlers with unusual
> actions add something to the game, make it
more interesting, and none
> is more interesting than Murali. Give me him
rather than an orthodox
> off-spinner any day.
> He has certainly been enthralling to watch,
if not face, and, because
> of his extraordinary wrist, the most flexible
I have ever seen, his
> offspinner was just about OK even though to
the naked eye it looked
> as if he chucked the ball.
>
> The doosra, a later addition to his armoury,
may be more suspect
> because, when bowled at speed, I am sure he
needs to use his elbow as
> well as his wrist to turn the ball.
> But the International Cricket Council moved
the goalposts and the
> laws of the game were changed to give bowlers
that little bit more
> flexibility, and that was done with Murali in
mind. So he is
> legitimate in the eyes of the game’s
rulers. End of story.
>
>
> The first thing to say is that Murali is a
lovely guy a cricketing
> nut who could recite any of the game’s
statistics you care to mention
> and loves the sport so much that I am sure he
would play for nothing.
> He is not money motivated at all.
>
> I first came across Murali during an England A tour of Sri Lanka. We
> had heard about him but we still
couldn’t believe it when we saw him
> in the nets. None of us had ever seen anyone
turn a ball as much as
> him. He was pitching it on one strip and
turning it on to another. We
> thought he was a freak.
> Keith Fletcher at Essex
had taught me to play spin late off the back
> foot, so I tried that against Murali and was
promptly out lbw! I soon
> learned that you had to get on your front
foot to him but I can
> honestly say that I was never able to pick
Murali. Shane Warne, yes,
> but not Murali.
>
> Others, like Paul Collingwood and Marcus
Trescothick, seemed to be
> able to know which way the ball would be
spinning but, with my dodgy
> eyes, I always tried to pick the spinner out
of his hand and that
> just didn’t work with Murali.
>
> Then he went and added the doosra, the one
delivered from an
> off-spinner’s action that turned away
from the right-hander. I always
> thought of myself as a decent player of spin
and, on one occasion in
> Melbourne,
I went down the wicket and hit Murali over the top. I
> tried it again soon after and just missed the
ball completely.
>
> When I looked at replays afterwards with our
coach, David Lloyd, I
> saw that he could actually turn the ball the
other way.
>
> ‘I didn’t know he could do
that,’ I said. ‘Neither did I!’ said
Bumble.
>
> ‘Thanks for your help, coach!’ I
replied.
>
> I did have one infamous run-in with Murali
that ended up with me
> being summoned to the match referee but that
was all about me rather
> than him. I was coming to the end of my
career and I needed something
> to fire me up. I just thought our players
were being a bit too
> friendly with Murali, the smiling assassin.
>
> Andrew Flintoff had even lent him his bat
and, when Murali scored a
> quick 30 against us, it was the last straw to
me. It was hard enough
> playing against him as it was without us
helping him!
> So I let rip at Murali and, though I denied
it to the referee, I
> called him a cheating chucker with an
expletive thrown in, as it
> were, for good measure. I think Murali was
pretty shocked, to be
> honest, but I really didn’t mean it. It
was just the place I was in
> at that stage of my career.
>
> Even though I think Warne was the greatest
bowler there has ever been
> there were few harder challenges in cricket
than facing Murali in
> 40-degree heat in Sri Lanka with men round
the bat and Kumar
> Sangakkara chirping at you from behind the
stumps. It is a challenge
> I was honoured to encounter.
>
> Murali will play on in the one-day game but
he will miss Test cricket
> and the ultimate game will miss him. Sri Lanka, that
little island
> that produces so many special cricketers,
must be proud of all he has
> achieved. And rightly so.
----- End forwarded message -----
Muttiah
Muralitharan's 800: A magic number that proves my old rival is in a world of
his own
By NASSER HUSSAIN
How apt that Muttiah Muralitharan, one of the all-time iconic cricketing
figures, should bow out of Test cricket by taking his 800th wicket with his
final ball. It is the perfect way for him to retire from the ultimate game.
I always hope that great cricketers will go out on a high and it does not get
any better than finishing yesterday on such a landmark in a home Test at Galle in a winning cause against India. It was
as if Murali had written the script.
Yes, there will always be controversy over Murali’s action but this is
not the time to dwell on that. I believe that bowlers with unusual actions add
something to the game, make it more interesting, and none is more interesting
than Murali. Give me him rather than an orthodox off-spinner any day.
He has certainly been enthralling to watch, if not face, and, because of his
extraordinary wrist, the most flexible I have ever seen, his offspinner was
just about OK even though to the naked eye it looked as if he chucked the ball.
The doosra, a later addition to his armoury, may be more suspect because, when
bowled at speed, I am sure he needs to use his elbow as well as his wrist to
turn the ball.
But the International Cricket Council moved the goalposts and the laws of the
game were changed to give bowlers that little bit more flexibility, and that
was done with Murali in mind. So he is legitimate in the eyes of the
game’s rulers. End of story.
The first thing to say is that Murali is a lovely guy a cricketing nut
who could recite any of the game’s statistics you care to mention and
loves the sport so much that I am sure he would play for nothing. He is not
money motivated at all.
I first came across Murali during an England
A tour of Sri Lanka.
We had heard about him but we still couldn’t believe it when we saw him
in the nets. None of us had ever seen anyone turn a ball as much as him. He was
pitching it on one strip and turning it on to another. We thought he was a
freak.
Keith Fletcher at Essex had taught me to play spin late off the back foot, so I
tried that against Murali and was promptly out lbw! I soon learned that you had
to get on your front foot to him but I can honestly say that I was never able
to pick Murali. Shane Warne, yes, but not Murali.
Others, like Paul Collingwood and Marcus Trescothick, seemed to be able to know
which way the ball would be spinning but, with my dodgy eyes, I always tried to
pick the spinner out of his hand and that just didn’t work with Murali.
Then he went and added the doosra, th e one delivered from an
off-spinner’s action that turned away from the right-hander. I always
thought of myself as a decent player of spin and, on one occasion in Melbourne, I went down
the wicket and hit Murali over the top. I tried it again soon after and just
missed the ball completely.
When I looked at replays afterwards with our coach, David Lloyd, I saw that he
could actually turn the ball the other way.
‘I didn’t know he could do that, ’ I said. ‘Neither did
I!’ said Bumble.
‘Thanks for your help, coach!’ I replied.
I did have one infamous run-in with Murali that ended up with me being summoned
to the match referee but that was all about me rather than him. I was coming to
the end of my career and I needed something to fire me up. I just thought our
players were being a bit too friendly with Murali, the smiling assassin.
Andrew Flintoff had even lent him his bat and, when Murali scored a quick 30
against us, it was the last straw to me. It was hard enough playing against him
as it was without us helping him!
So I let rip at Murali and, though I denied it to the referee, I called him a
cheating chucker with an expletive thrown in, as it were, for good measure. I
think Murali was pretty shocked, to be honest, but I really didn’t mean
it. It was just the place I was in at that stage of my career.
Even though I think Warne was the greatest bowler there has ever been there
were few harder challenges in cricket than facing Murali in 40-degree heat in Sri Lanka with
men round the bat and Kumar Sangakkara chirping at you from behind the stumps.
It is a challenge I was honoured to encounter.
Murali will play on in the one-day ga me but he will miss Test cricket and the
ultimate game will miss him. Sri Lanka, that little island that produces so
many special cricketers, must be proud of all he has achieved. And rightly so.