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February 9, 2009
Tamil Union, but only in name
Posted on 02/09/2009 in India in Sri Lanka 2008-09
The Tamil Union Cricket Club in Colombo, which Muttiah Muralitharan plays for, was once formed “by the Tamils for the Tamils”, but ironically, the club is now run largely by the Sinhalese. GS Vivek of the Indian Express meets the club's president, Chandra Schaffter, who talks about how the anti-Tamil riots in the city in 1983 changed things.
“There were riots in 1983, when a mob burnt the dressing rooms, a section of the stands, and some of the club’s old documents. Since then, they’ve felt threatened. A Tamil player prefers a banner under which he can conveniently camouflage his identity. It’s weird, but it’s a fact of life here.”
January 23, 2009
Cricket needs more variety
Posted on 01/23/2009 in India in Sri Lanka 2008-09
The concept of the return series, barely months after the teams have faced each other drives the intensity out of the contest, writes Harsha Bhogle in espnstar.com. He looks ahead to India's tour of Sri Lanka, less than a year since their previous trip, and comments on India's team composition.
Interestingly, India go to Sri Lanka with five seamers. That is at least one too many and seems to reinforce the suggestion that a couple of them have been picked so that they can be with the coach and the trainer and start getting ready for New Zealand. Having said that there is a fair amount of flexibility in the side with one of the seamers, Irfan Pathan, and one of the spinners, Ravi Jadeja, capable of batting in the middle order. So India could play either Pathan brother at number seven with Jadeja at eight and accordingly play either another spinner and two new ball bowlers or three quicks.
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