{"id":58143,"date":"2021-02-14T15:50:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T15:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=58143"},"modified":"2021-02-14T15:50:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T15:50:54","slug":"cricket-in-sydney-to-honour-skanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/cricket-in-sydney-to-honour-skanda\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket in Sydney to honour Skanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Cricket in Sydney to honour Skanda<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58144 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Royal-College.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #993366;\">Source: <\/span><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sundayobserver.lk\/2021\/02\/07\/sports\/cricket-sydney-honour-skanda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sundayobserver<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Old boys of Royal College and St. John\u2019s College Jaffna will play their annual 40 over cricket encounter for the S. Skandakumar Trophy today (February 7) in Sydney, Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Skandakumar, affectionately called Skanda, served the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka as its secretary with distinction in the early 1990s which marked a very tough period for sport in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">He also served as Sri Lanka\u2019s High Commissioner in Canberra, Australia and was a great unifying force to all Sri Lankan communities irrespective of race or religion.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cricket in Sydney to honour Skanda Source: Sundayobserver Old boys of Royal College and St. John\u2019s College Jaffna will play their annual 40 over cricket encounter for the S. Skandakumar Trophy today (February 7) in Sydney, Australia. 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