Ep 55: Fideler on the Maharoof

On episode 55, Bits and Pieces is joined by the lofty and loveable Andrew Fidel Fernando. Join Srinath, Chops, Krt, Sameer, and Tony as they chat with Fidel about the secret of Jayasuriya's bat, the fitness of Ranatunga, Herath, and Sri Lankans, the sexiness of the dad bod, and some amazing stories from the emerald Isle and New Zealand. 

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The High Fidelity stuff from AFF 

0.About when he was writing about Upon A Sleepless Isle: https://www.gratiaen.com/archives/andrew-fidel-fernando-winner-of-the-gratiaen-prize-2019 

1. About Rangana aiya: https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1056977/left-arm-lovable 

2. About Lasith's last hurrah: https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1147532/the-last-battles-of-lasith-malinga 

3. About when NZ was on top from near Down Under: https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1266453/world-test-championship-final---new-zealand-climb-to-the-top 

4. About a day when AFF saw cricket but wrote nothing of it: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/sl-vs-aus-2nd-test-2022-when-sri-lanka-came-to-the-cricket-to-fight-for-the-countrys-future-1323860 

5a. About Angelo Mathews and a ball from nowhere in the 2019 WC: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/angelo-mathews-and-the-craziest-ball-of-the-2019-world-cup-1192164 

5b. About Angelo Mathews' tubbier days: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/angelo-mathews-poor-running-in-focus-after-axe-from-odi-squad-1160821 

6. About AFF's eye for what Rossco did for NZ: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ross-taylor-second-only-to-virat-kohli-since-2015-world-cup-1172108 

7. About the phenomenon on and off the cricket field that is Murali: https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1228133/growing-up-with-murali 

8. About Jaffna beyond the guns: https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/761915/the-lost-boys-of-jaffna 

9a. About the Dickwella Enigma: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/sl-vs-eng-2nd-test-day-2-niroshan-dickwella-dance-of-destruction-or-creation-or-whatever-it-is-1248952 

9b. About the Dickwella Conundrum: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/andrew-fidel-fernando-the-enigma-of-niroshan-dickwella-1168899 9c. Dickwella or De Silva?: https://twitter.com/joji_39/status/1205157528398704640?t=1Uca5GGW4cRY5yFHysLPuQ&s=19 

10. About the cult of Sanga's dad's son: https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/902493/the-cult-of-sanga

11. Hunger by Fidel on Fifty Two: https://fiftytwo.in/story/hunger/