Neil Harvey Archives

Watching Neil Harvey selling cricket boots in Hasset’s shop spurred my studies-By Michael Wille Source:Island My Cricketing Journey, From Big Dreams To Big Matches I did not play in the next game which was against St Peter’s but was not missed as Fitzroy, who opened with Selvi, shared a partnership of over 200, both getting centuries.We than travelled to Kandy to play Trinity which had a number of good players, including Nimal Maralande and Sendi Ettipola. It was the same old story. Selvi and I put on over a 100. I made 42 and Selvi made another century.I also recall that Kadalai and Cobra travelled with the team in our pre-booked third class compartment. They had sacrificed a minimum of two days’ income to support the team. What loyalty! After the last practice session before the RT we sat on the grass, Barney and Harold included, and discussed tactics. Jothi, ...

DON BRADMAN AND HIS MEN IN CEYLON – by Neville Jayaweera An essay from the book “Essaying Cricket Sri Lanka and Beyond” authored by Michael Roberts Source:Adelaideaz The image of Don Bradman exercised almost a mesmeric hold over the imagination of my generation, i.e. of those born in the 1930s, in (then) Ceylon. The dominion he exercised was so absolute that even now, sixty something years on, most of that generation would claim that there never was and never will be anyone like the Don taking guard at a batting crease. Speaking for myself, having watched cricket in England during the past thirty summers that I have been living here, I can vouch that no batsman I have seen ever came nigh Bradman. Neither in run getting nor in amassing statistics, neither in the capacity to concentrate nor in the fleetness of foot, neither in the murderous power of driving ...