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He has changed trades, but little Kalu is as busy as ever

Colombo, August 10: It’s a morning appointment at the work place during mid-week and the expected greeting from the secretary outside an important looking cabin is ‘Sir, is a bit busy’. Since the ‘Sir’ happens to be the famous Sri Lankan opener Romesh Kaluwitharana, despite the corporate surroundings and men in fo ....Read more

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Little KaluBy: Dinith Walgama | Monday , 7 Sep '09 0:24:15 AM Reply | Forward I was quite small when Sri Lanka won the world cup. A devout fan of cricket even at that age, winning the world cup made me into a life long devotee of Sri Lankan cricket, and it is nice to know that i wouldn't be the only one to say so. For those of us Little Kalu will be a perpetual memory alongside his comrades in that 1996 war.Though his companion at arms continue to wield his bat, and continues to haunt the Sri Lankan household with his heroics, i doubt whether he could match the romance associated with Kalu the wicketkeeper.The sight of Kalu whipping of the bails of a bamboozled batsmen, stranded well and nigh off his crease, his light footed keeping antics or his incessant crowing behind the wicket will always be evocative memories of Sri Lankan cricket at its best. So it was with a sad heart that i took on the task of reading about a foregone hero, wielding his skills on a different turf. May it rain sixes a galore in that of the world, just as it did all over here...

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