Kumar Sangakkara explains why he stepped down from the captaincy and looks back at his two years in charge. Your coach, Trevor Bayliss, said: “They [Sanga and Mahela] probably had enough of putting up with distractions. These days a captain has to deal with issues that sometimes have got nothing to do with cricket.” In modern-day cricket you get it. In the subcontinent you get a bit more. As a  [ Read More ]

Kandy mourned the death of Leo Devendra a prominent social welfare and religious worker. After suffering a severe heart attack he passed away on February 24, 2010 at the age of 79. His cremation took place the following day in the presence of a large gathering including about 200 Buddhist monks.Leo began his education at Trinity College, Kandy, where his father D A Devendra was the mathematics teacher in the  [ Read More ]