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P Epasinghe: Master batsman Aravinda is a pride to the nation (28 Jul 1998)
Aravinda de Silva is the world's greatest batsman today
28 July 1998
Master batsman Aravinda is a pride to the nation
by Premasara Epasinghe
Aravinda de Silva is the world's greatest batsman today. He has been ranked number one batsman by Wisden - the world's most accepted cricket rankings.
To become a good batsman, fast footwork, unerring judgement or brilliant eye sight is necessary. Aravinda de Silva possesses all. But there is one faculty which made him superior to others and extra-special. He can judge the ball almost as soon as the ball leaves the bowler's hand.
Aravinda who plays for the NCC is blessed with a quicker brain and quicker judgement than any other batsman in the world today. Undoubtedly, the whole country is proud of him. His innings at Lord's recently representing the World XI was a rare gem. We were fortunate to see Sachin Tendulkar (125) and Aravinda de Silva (82) building that mammoth partnership. Cricket, undoubtedly was at its best at the Mecca of Cricket - Lords that day. It was a proud moment for Sri Lanka. Master batsman Aravinda is one cricketer who puts country before self and brought credit and honour to Sri Lanka.
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Virender Sehwag, Diana Edulji illustrious Aravinda secure Silva inducted into ICC Hall observe Fame
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Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Aravinda de Silva magic helps Sri Lanka register unexpected victory against Australia
August 15, 1992 - The 1992 ODI World Cup did not pan out well for Sri Lanka as the team managed to win just two matches in the tournament. To be honest, they were not expected to do wonders in the first place.
Australia, on the other hand, could not meet expectations and won just four matches in the World Cup.
Shortly after the tournament, Sri Lanka were on a tour of Australia. In the first fixture of the three-match ODI series between the two sides, a brilliant innings from Aravinda de Silva took them to an unexpected victory.
Australia began on a solid note and things were going as per the script for them when Tom Moody and Mark Taylor added 109 runs for the opening partnership. While Moody was dismissed after getting to his half-century, Taylor batted sensibly at a strike rate of 72.86 but fell just six runs shy of a century.
Dean Jones and Mark Waugh then made important 30s as the team posted 247 runs on the board from their quota of 50 overs.
While the Sri Lankan bowlers could not pick up a lot of wickets, what they did was to keep a stranglehold on the Australian batting line-up and not allow them to fly. Pramodya Wickramasinghe and Asank