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'A golden age for watching Test cricket in Sri Lanka’ - interview with Andrew Fidel Fernando

Author
81 All Out
Published
Mon 16 Sep 2019
Episode Link
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/81allout/episodes/A-golden-age-for-watching-Test-cricket-in-Sri-Lanka---interview-with-Andrew-Fidel-Fernando-e5d4mn

In our latest episode we chat with ESPNcricinfo's Sri Lanka correspondent – and one of the finest cricket writers in the world – Andrew Fidel Fernando.


Highlights:



  • A brief review of the recent Sri Lanka v New Zealand Test series

  • Three great Test innings in the last five years - by two Kusals and one Dinesh

  • A streak of 26 straight Tests that have yielded results in Sri Lanka

  • The soundtrack of Test cricket in Sri Lanka (as well as the sounds that are being missed)

  • Fidel's favorite moments from Test cricket in Sri Lanka in this decade

  • Is it time to rename Galle as the 'home of cricket'?


Participants:


Andrew Fidel Fernando (@afidelf)


Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)


Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)


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'I try and give voice to the fans' emotions'- 81allout podcast with Andrew Fidel Fernando


Mendis' triumph over improbability 


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Chandimal's anarchic mayhem lifts Sri Lanka


Dale Steyn, the greatest fast bowler of the century


Galle revels in perfect day

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