Nov 7, 2022
Sri Lanka's unique and incredible cricket history - interview with author Nicholas Brookes
In the latest episode we talk to author and journalist Nicholas Brookes about his recent book An Island's XI: The Story of Sri Lankan Cricket.
We talk about Nicholas' journey in learning about different aspects of Sri Lankan cricket and touch upon some of the key themes in the book - the early 'whistle-stop tours', yearning for Test status, the massive victory against India in 1979, the aura of Satha, Opatha and the rebel tourists, Arjuna, Aravinda, Sanath, Murali - and the politics that has never been too far from the game in Sri Lanka.
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Talking Points:
* The class structure in Sri Lankan cricket and how school's cricket is so fundamental to cricket on the island
* Grace, Hobbs, Bradman, Sobers, Worrell - just some of the i…