Mendis
Aug 30 2008, Sreelata Yellamrazu

By Kartik Kannan

If ever the SLC(Sri Lankar Cricket) Board get down to honouring one of their players with a cricketing terminology, they’d be happy to replace the familiar “Howzzat” with “How-Vaas-Zaat”, given the yeoman contribution the...

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