{"id":102014,"date":"2022-10-17T09:48:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T09:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=102014"},"modified":"2022-10-17T09:48:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T09:48:43","slug":"sri-lankas-band-left-playing-the-blues-after-stunning-world-cup-upset-to-minnows-namibia-by-daniel-brettig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/sri-lankas-band-left-playing-the-blues-after-stunning-world-cup-upset-to-minnows-namibia-by-daniel-brettig\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka\u2019s band left playing the blues after stunning World Cup upset to minnows Namibia &#8211; By Daniel Brettig"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Sri Lanka\u2019s band left playing the blues after stunning World Cup upset to minnows Namibia &#8211; <span style=\"color: #666699;\">By Daniel Brettig<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Source :\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/cricket\/sri-lanka-s-band-left-playing-the-blues-after-stunning-world-cup-upset-20221016-p5bq7o.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smh<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sri Lanka\u2019s army of Australian fans brought tremendous noise, colour and verve to the Twenty20 World Cup\u2019s opening day in Geelong, only to watch unfancied Namibia conjure an almighty upset to start the tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Extra trains and buses were put on to get supporters down to Kardinia Park on a pristine spring afternoon, helping to reel in a crowd of almost 13,000 for the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">They were to be confounded first by the sight of Namibia posting a challenging 7-163 for their heroes to chase, and then by Sri Lanka\u2019s collapse to a vast, 55-run defeat.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102015\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-102015 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Papare-Band-Melbourne-e1665999732246-600x400.webp\" alt=\"Sri Lanka\u2019s band left playing the blues after stunning World Cup upset to minnows Namibia\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Papare Band Melbourne brings musical support for their beloved Sri Lankan team in Geelong.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Dihan Nammuni Dewage, trumpeter in the Papare Band Melbourne that has followed the Sri Lankan team\u2019s fortunes around the world for some 20 years, balanced mounting anxiety at the fall of Sri Lankan wickets with joy about the occasion itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cThe last two or three years due to COVID we couldn\u2019t get the band together and all the Sri Lankan fans couldn\u2019t really get together much,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cBut this is a good opportunity and it\u2019s been great to get everyone to the big match. Having a Sri Lanka fan zone was a big attraction and people have come from quite a few other places apart from Melbourne as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cAll the Sri Lankans from all over Australia have got together, basically. A lot of people have been staying around Geelong even since last night, booking their accommodation and waiting for today\u2019s game.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">After starting in 2002 with just the one trumpet, the Papare Band now features 15 members. They followed Sri Lanka around Australia and New Zealand during the 2015 World Cup, and England for the 2017 Champions Trophy and the 2019 World Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cThe plan is to go to many more in the future, next year is in India and 2024 in the USA,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to travel to all the states following the Sri Lankan team and hopefully they win through from group A \u2013 we\u2019re all ready to go.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Ready to go perhaps, but by day\u2019s end they were also having to contend with a shock defeat at the hands of unfancied Namibian names such as Jan Frylinck and Bernard Scholtz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">If the cup\u2019s opening game told us anything it was that in T20, it pays to be prepared for absolutely every possibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Namibia open T20 Cup with huge upset<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">World Cup minnows Namibia have opened the T20 tournament with a stunning 55-run upset thrashing of Sri Lanka in Geelong.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Namibians silenced the boisterous, pro-Sri Lankan crowd with an outstanding all-round performance on Sunday at Kardinia Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">After Jan Frylinck and JJ Smit\u2019s seventh-wicket heroics batted them back into the match, Namibia defended their 7-163 with great bowling and fielding to dismiss Sri Lanka for 108 from 19 overs.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102016\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102016\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-102016 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Namibia-e1665999817219-600x400.webp\" alt=\"Sri Lanka\u2019s band left playing the blues after stunning World Cup upset to minnows Namibia\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Namibia have stunned Sri Lanka in T20 World Cup boilover. Ben Shikongo appeals.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It puts Namibia in the box seat to progress through the qualifiers and reach the Super 12 stage of the tournament, while Sri Lanka must now beat UAE and the Netherlands in their group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">As disciplined as Namibia were, Sri Lanka were terrible only a month after winning the Asia Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1lC_G\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sri Lanka won the toss and looked in control, especially when off-spinner Maheesh Theekshana had David Wiese caught behind for a golden duck.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">That left Namibia in major strife at 6-93 from 14.2 overs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">But Frylinck and Smit then turned the match with a big-hitting stand of 70 from 34 balls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Frylinck was run out on the last delivery of the innings and top-scored with 44 from 28 balls, while Smit hit two sixes and two fours in his unbeaten 31 from 16 deliveries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Namibia\u2019s rally rolled into the start of the Sri Lankan innings, with 22-year-old fast bowler Ben Shikongo on a hat-trick in the third over.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He dismissed opener Pathum Nissanka and then Danushka Gunathilaka in his double-wicket maiden over to have Sri Lanka reeling at 3-21.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102017\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102017\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-102017 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Chamika-Karunaratne-e1665998107399-600x400.webp\" alt=\"Sri Lanka\u2019s band left playing the blues after stunning World Cup upset to minnows Namibia\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Namibia\u2019s JJ Smit, centre, takes the wicket of Sri Lanka\u2019s Chamika Karunaratne.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Bhanuka Rajapaksa and captain Dasun Shanaka put on 34 for the fifth wicket, before Bernard Scholtz dismissed Rajapaksa for 20 to deepen their woes at 5-74 off 10.3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">When Frylinck did for Shanaka six runs later for a top score of 29, Sri Lanka were 6-80 and there was no coming back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Frylinck, Shikongo, Wiese and Scholtz took two wickets apiece.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sri Lanka\u2019s poor day started badly when promising young left-arm paceman Dilshan Madushanka was ruled out of the tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The 22-year-old has a torn quad muscle and Binura Fernando, who did not play on Sunday, has taken his place in their Cup squad.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka\u2019s band left playing the blues after stunning World Cup upset to minnows Namibia &#8211; By Daniel Brettig Source :\u00a0smh Sri Lanka\u2019s army of Australian fans brought tremendous noise, colour and verve to the Twenty20 World Cup\u2019s opening day in Geelong, only to watch unfancied Namibia conjure an almighty upset to start the tournament. 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