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Third Pod - Women's WC finals, Herath for captaincy, Dhananjaya De Silva issue , Hashan as batting coach, 1st test loss against India and Pitch and Team Composition for 2nd test... සිංහල‍ෙන් Podcast. Two Sri Lankan cricket geeks, met over an online cricket forum have their say on Sri Lankan cricket in Sri Lankan way... #SriLanka #lka #Cricket #FreeHitPodcast #INDvSL #SL #IND

In our second episode we are talking about the upcoming Indian Tour of Sri Lanka, New Captains, Which grounds Sri Lanka should play at and many more... සිංහල‍ෙන් Podcast. Two Sri Lankan cricket geeks, met over an online cricket forum have their say on Sri Lankan cricket in Sri Lankan way... SriLanka SL Cricket SLvIND SLvZim NewCaptains LKA

Pilot Episode - ''Fernando's or Nineteen year old's?''  Two Sri Lankan cricket geeks, met over an online cricket forum have their say on Sri Lankan cricket in Sri Lankan way... Link -  https://soundcloud.com/user-703382675/free-hit-podcast

Both are Sri Lankans. Both represented their country and captained the country in their respective times. Both were not out batting at the crease when Sri Lanka lifted their ICC trophies in 1996 and 2014. Also both were left handed batsman whom icon-ed that roaring SL Lion to a perfection. Gritty, Cunning and Confident, Both were. What on the earth could go wrong between these two? Ranathunga was the first Sarong Jonny (He was called as that at SSC in his early days by a senior, because he was not from an Elite English school those days) to broke into SL team in early 80’s. He mentioned to have had lot of troubles those days with the culture existed. The strong character he still is, He went on to play Sri Lanka’s first test match scoring debut Sri Lankan half century in the first innings. Ranathunga didn’t stop there either. 14 year later, Sri Lanka went on to crown the world cup in 1996 under his Ultra self-confident leadership. Also after more than 15 years of retirement, Ran...

"We are sorry, Mr Ford!" These must be the words that any heart-broken Sri Lankan fan has to say to the great man, leaving coach of Sri Lanka, Mr.Ford. This is the second time Ford leaving the position of Sri Lankan coach behind. When he left the country in 2014 having finished a successful two year stint, within the couple of months followed, Sri Lanka crowned as the World T20 champions under his assistant and current English Assistant coach Paul Farbrace. Within 3 months of his departure, Sri Lanka went on to win a full tour of England for the first time in history, winning all three formats under coach Marvan Attapattu. It's not that Ford had not had issues with SLC at the time, but he didn't renew his contract sighting family issues. Yet Ford left far more happier after finishing his full stint, having unlocked Sanga V2.0(copyrights Andrew Fernando), Having transferred Dilshan into a consistent 100 maker and leaving behind a team that could beat any top nat...