Monga’s Incisive Analysis of Australia’s 50 -Over Triumph – By Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis Sidharth Monga, in ESPNcricinfo.com, 22 March 2023, “Zampa and Co stifle India to take series 2-1″ Australia snatched the No. 1 ODI ranking Australia Outplay India in Final Fifty-Over ODI and snapped India’s four-year unbeaten series streak at home with a thrilling win in the defence of 269 in Chennai. Australia went all in from the moment they won the toss and gambled against the dew by choosing to bat on a dry and soft surface. They attacked the new ball in the powerplay, but kept attacking, which resulted in quite a few starts but no fifty. The bowlers then hung in despite a quick start from India, their two spinners Adam Zampa and Ashton Agar took six wickets between them to drag India back from 65 for 0 and 146 for 2. The defence was all the more remarkable because Cameron ...
Michael Roberts
TW Roberts R.I.P. ……. July 1976-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis A Vale in[1] Appreciation, From Miss Norah Roberts Fort, Galle, 10th July 1976 Letter to: The Editor, “Sunday Observer”, Colombo T.W.ROBERTS ……………………………. An Appreciation[2] At the age of 17 my father, Thomas Webb Roberts won the Barbados Scholarship from Queens College, Barbados, and entered the Oxford University where he passed both the Classical Mods and Grates in the first class before he was 21. He topped the list in the open competition for the Colonial Civil Service. He also found time to get married when he was only 18, to my mother[3] who was also 18. When he came out to the C.C.S. at 21 he had 3 children, Isabella, T.F.C and G. C. Roberts.[4] Thereafter, he planted a child in every station to which he was appointed- Baby Berthie at Kalmunai died, Sister Marjorie at Matara, myself at Panadura, Violet at Chilaw, ...
Mar 22, 2023
Posted by eLanka admin In
Articles, Michael Roberts
Tagged Ann Abeywardena, Anushya Abeywardena, Norah Roberts
People Inbetween: Ethnic & Class Prejudices in British Ceylon-by Michael Roberts Michael Roberts … Content of His Talk on this topic at the National Trust in Colombo in June 2018 The National Trust’s brief was for me to present motifs from the book People Inbetween. The Burghers and the Middle Class in the Transformations within Sri Lanka, 1790-1960s, (Ratmalana, Sarvodaya Book Publishing Services, 1989) and more specifically its first chapter viz. “Pejorative Phrases: the Anti-colonial Response and Sinhala Perceptions of the Self through Images of the Burghers” Many think People Inbetween is a history of the Burghers. Not so. It is multi-faceted. It describes (a) the rise of the middle class in British times, an influential force within which the Burghers were a critical element and a vanguard in the questioning of British rule; (b) the initial strands in the development of Ceylonese nationalism and (c) the development of Colombo ...
Mar 21, 2023
Posted by eLanka admin In
Articles, Michael Roberts
Tagged Michael Roberts, Sinhalayāgē Adisi Saturā, Srinath Ganewatte
GOOD TO MEET ….. herewith ROHP info – By Michael Roberts The cassette tapes containing the Roberts Oral History interviews lodged in the BARR SMITH LIBRARY of the University of Adelaide are now being digitalized into CDs, while the typed correspondence and the transcripts of a few interviews that were transcribed by Shona ROBERTS (way back in the1960s) will be scan-digitalized as well. This process may take till the end of the year 2013. Cheryl Hoskin of the Special Projects Unit is supervising this venture. At the end of the task the University library hopes to place a price on the purchase of this archival material by repositories or even individuals abroad. CONTACT = cheryl.hoskin@adelaide.edu.au With info to galleonroberts@gmail.com For the record these interviews and exchanges were undertaken between late 1965 and 1968 in UK and Sri Lanka, with the labour being provided Michael Roberts and the funding by ...
India beat Australia in Hard-Fought 50-over ODI Match – By Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis India 191 for 5 in 39.5 overs (Rahul 75*, Jadeja 45*, Starc 3-49) beat Australia 188 (Marsh 81, Shami 3-17, Siraj 3-29) by five wickets KL Rahul might have had trouble in Test cricket of late, but he once again proved his worth as an ace No. 5 batter in ODIs with a high-quality half-century in tough batting conditions to give India the series lead in Mumbai. Chasing 189 on a seamer-friendly surface at the Wankhede Stadium, India were reduced to 16 for 3 and then 39 for 4 during a near-unplayable spell of fast, swing bowling from Mitchell Starc. It soon became 83 for 5, before Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja soaked up the pressure during their unbroken stand of 108 to finish the chase in the 40th over. Rahul was unbeaten on 75 off 91, and Jadeja 45 off 69, as India ...
Mar 18, 2023
Posted by eLanka admin In
Articles, Michael Roberts
Tagged David Warner, India beat Australia, Indian batters, KL Rahul, Mitchell Starc, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, Test cricket, Virat Kohli
Extra! Extra! Victor Melder’s Offer of First Day Covers – By Michael Roberts Main collection is from 1966 to 2019 with only 2 covers missing. Some covers prior to 1966 are also available. Collection is in 9 albums consisting of bespoke poly inserts holding 4 covers each. There are over 1000 covers in pristine condition. Many contain the Bulletins issued together with the stamps. A catalogue in Excel is available. Seller offering the collection for A$2,500. EFT or cash only. Albums dispatched after funds – cost plus packing, postage and insurance when applicable – have been received. Packing, Postage with Insurance via AustPost ranges from $120 to $260 depending on the location. Overseas postal costs on request eg Colombo Sri Lanka from $550 upward depending on the location. To comply with postal requirements 2 packages are needed. Total weight will be approximately 30Kg. Melbourne residents can collect from seller after payment thus saving on packaging and postal charges. ...
Mar 15, 2023
Posted by eLanka admin In
Articles, Michael Roberts
Tagged First Day Covers, Victor Melder
Don Bradman at Cricket in Ceylon in 1930 …. Yes, 1930-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Rex Clementine in The Island, 5 March 2023, where the title reads “New book says Bradman played at CCC in 1930” All of us cricket nerds have heard stories of Sir Don Bradman’s visit to P. Sara Oval. There are a couple of images too; one where he strides out to bat and another where he walks alongside Ceylon skipper Mahadevan Sathasivam for the toss. There are other famous stories as well about how the greatest batsman the game has seen appreciating the scoreboard at The Oval and him finding out the inadequacies of the pitch. Some even believed that P. Sara Oval was the only ground in Asia where Bradman had played. However a new book ‘An Island’s Eleven’ by British writer Nicholas Brookes reveals that Bradman had played at Maitland Place in 1930 en route to England for ...
Mar 7, 2023
Posted by eLanka admin In
Articles, Michael Roberts
Tagged KUMAR SANGAKKARA, Mahendra Ratnaweera, Palitha Perera, Rex Clementine
The Pioneering Female Cricketers in Ceylon: Facing England in 1948-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis KKS Perera, in Daily Mirror, March 2023, where the title reads thus: “three Johnians in First International Womens’ Match vs England in 1948 Sri Lanka Cricket with [its] record profit of Rs 6.3 billion made in 2022 could easily allocate more funds for developing women’s cricket. Times have changed. The gentlemen’s game is not only meant for men; today it is the ladies’ game too. The Ceylon Times headline on November 2, 1948 — “Ceylon team goes down fighting.” ‘ [while also referring to ] ….a catch which any first-class cricketer would have been proud to make, a brilliant one-handed effort above her head with which Beverly Roberts ended centurion Hide’s innings.” ...
Mar 2, 2023
Posted by eLanka admin In
Articles, Michael Roberts
Tagged Jean Roberts, Sri Lanka women’s cricket, The Pioneering Female Cricketers in Ceylon
Hot Hot Cricket News from Sri Lanka-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Victor Melder’s COMPILATION, end of February 2023 The Department of Sports Development (DSD) has decided to call for nominations through a newspaper advertisement for the 2023 Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee. This followed a high-level discussion led by Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe with the participation of officials of the National Sports Council and the National Sports Selection Committee (NSSC) on Monday. The newspaper notice inviting nominations to the Cricket Selection Committee will be published in the next few days, Amal Edirisooriya, Director General of DSD told the ‘Daily Mirror’. ...
Mar 2, 2023
Posted by eLanka admin In
Articles, Michael Roberts
Tagged Angelo Mathews, Chamika Karunaratne, Dhananjaya De Silva, Kasun Rajitha, Niroshan Dickwella, Pathum Nissanka
Introducing FIRE AND STORM by Michael Roberts – By Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis Anonymous Reviewer in Sunday Times, 21 July 2013, where the title runs “Important contribution towards a dialogue on Lankan polity. Book facts” When Michael Roberts left Peradeniya in the late seventies, he was part of an exodus of intellectuals from the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya, arguably one of the best universities at that time. The exodus of academics at that time was compelled by the economic difficulties faced by university dons. It was the second wave of such emigration that diminished the intellectual life of the university and country. Pirapāharan and leading Tiger Commanders at the Indian sponsored training camp at Sirimalai in 1984 The Arts Faculty of the University of Peradeniya never regained its prestigious academic status after that. Today the University of Peradeniya cannot take pride in intellectuals of the eminence of E. F. C. Ludowyck, E. R Sarachchandra, H. A. ...
Feb 28, 2023
Posted by eLanka admin In
Articles, Michael Roberts
Tagged Anthropology, FIRE AND STORM, journals
