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A Miracle at Pallekele: Dasun Shanaka\u2019s Fireworks – By DR Michael Roberts<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Source:<\/strong>thuppahis.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"MichaelAndrew Fidel Fernando,\u00a0in ESPNcricinfo,\u00a011 June 2022<\/a>, with this title\u00a0\u201cShanaka\u2019s 25-ball 54* scripts stunning victory for Sri Lanka\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

If you were watching on TV, you might wonder what the big deal was. Khettarama, one of cricket\u2019s great party grounds, overflowing as it almost always is for T20 internationals, roaring for Sri Lanka lbw appeals, vibing to\u00a0papare<\/em>\u00a0even through rain breaks, generally being its regular rambunctious self. On the field, a dramatic batting collapse is unfolding. Even this feels like a familiar and comforting companion to Sri Lankan life. Even this only slightly dampens the mood.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"A<\/span><\/p>\n

But right now this is just a snatch of normalcy in an otherwise relentlessly upsetting time in the history of the island. The kilometres-long fuel queues on the way to the ground are the most obvious signs, but there is much worse. Businesses are shutting down all over, no longer able to afford the imported supplies they depend upon, or failing to hold on to staff who can no longer afford the commute.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"A<\/span><\/p>\n

Hospitals are so desperately short of life-saving medicines, doctors in one of the most vaunted medical systems in the developing world have been forced to beg for basics.<\/span><\/p>\n

Children have been hit particularly hard. Working- and lower-middle class families have been cutting back on nutrition for many months. With transport costs what they are, and the price of school supplies having soared, survival is a daily struggle, and education has become an afterthought. Don\u2019t even start on the plight of tourism operators. In 2019 there were the\u00a0Easter Attacks<\/a>, then two pandemic years, and now an economic crisis and associated political turmoil, which is once again keeping visitors away.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is cricket up against this much suffering? Some Australia players wondered that themselves, and asked whether it was appropriate to play cricket in a country that is gasping for air the way Sri Lanka is right now. When the tour began, and videos of Khettarama\u2019s heaving stands made its way around the internet, Sri Lankan voices also began to throw shade at the crowd\u2019s merrymaking.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with what cricket isn\u2019t.<\/strong>\u00a0At this moment, it is no longer the primary unifying phenomenon on the island. This is a good thing, since silver linings are at a premium right now. Cricket has long been the one Sri Lankan passion that cuts across ethnicity, religion and class, but it has too often been merely an icebreaker \u2013 something that strangers from opposite sides of the various Sri Lankan spectrums can talk about, while being aware that they are not\u00a0seriously<\/em>\u00a0talking. We might agree that a certain burly left-hander played too many ODIs for Sri Lanka, for example. But that gets us no closer to agreeing on matters of real importance.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is cricket up against this much suffering? Some Australia players wondered that themselves, and asked whether it was appropriate to play cricket in a country that is gasping for air the way Sri Lanka is right now<\/span><\/p>\n

Right now, thanks to protests across the island, cricket is not having to do the \u201cnational unity\u201d heavy lifting it is largely unqualified to do<\/strong>. The minority grievances that have been aired at protest sites have in many ways been unprecedented, because for the first time, majority Sinhalese appear to be receptive to (or at least tolerant of) calls for justice for the devastation the state has inflicted on these communities. The idea that politicians intentionally seek to exploit divisions in order to gain power has become a mainstream conversation. The universal appeal of a Muthiah Muralidaran spell, or an Aravinda de Silva hook shot, are great, but in the most heartbreaking way, they do not stand up to the shared experience of struggling to feed your family.<\/span><\/p>\n

And as long as Sri Lanka Cricket is in charge of the sport, matches will also struggle to be a site of anti-establishment sentiment, because there are few organised bodies in Sri Lanka that are more subservient to the political establishment than the cricket board.\u00a0At Khettarama, fresh signs across the stadium banned horns, helmets and cigarette lighters, but also, snuck in near the bottom, was a ban on placards and banners.\u00a0<\/strong>Don\u2019t bring your anti-government signs here, was the directive, with police (who have water-cannoned and tear-gassed protesters all around the country in recent months) gleefully confiscating any materials that could be used to show dissent.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"A<\/span><\/p>\n

Empty gas cylinders line the street outside a filling station in Colombo that has been closed for lack of fuel\u2022Tharaka Basnayaka\/NurPhoto\/Getty Images<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

They couldn\u2019t stop spectators shouting, of course, but when chants of \u201cGo home Gota\u201d, aimed at president Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, began, the Khettarama DJ would quickly intervene to drown out their voices with stadium pop. It may be worth noting here that SLC is not merely an extension of the Sri Lankan government, it is a manifestation of its worst inclinations, controlled as it is by elites who have long been deaf to calls for serious reform.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, what can cricket do? Well, not a lot really, but perhaps what little it can do is enough.\u00a0The tour is clearly bringing some money into the country<\/strong>.\u00a0Not only are local hotels, caterers and transportation staff getting much needed work, the broadcast earnings from a full Australia tour are also significant. (This is why, despite consternation, the matches are being played at night; earnings from playing the games during India\u2019s prime-time television slots are thought to be worth the diesel that powers the generators running the floodlights.)<\/span><\/p>\n

But in a nation that wakes up to fresh hurt every day, the normalcy that watching their men\u2019s team play (or as the case may be, suck), is not for nothing. People going through difficulty deserve this too.\u00a0If in a country that lurches from crisis to crisis to crisis, cricket is a distraction, then let it be one.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

++++++++++++++<\/span><\/p>\n

Shanaka\u2019s 25-ball 54* scripts stunning victory for Sri Lanka<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Andrew Fidel Fernando<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Sri Lanka<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0177 for 6 (Shanaka 54*, Stoinis 2-8, Hazlewood 2-25) beat\u00a0Australia<\/strong>\u00a0176 for 5 (Warner 39, Stoinis 38, Theekshana 2-25) by four wickets<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Dasun Shanaka<\/a>\u00a0made a furious late charge at a total that always seemed beyond Sri Lanka, crashing sixes over midwicket, smoking fours down the ground, and through cover, batting desperately to bring his team some joy out of the series.<\/span><\/p>\n

There was a bit of luck, but not that much. A wide that shouldn\u2019t have been called, maybe. Australia\u2019s bowlers missing their lengths a little more often than they usually would.<\/span><\/p>\n

But in the presence of packed and uproarious Pallekele crowd, Shanaka hunted down 75 off the last five overs in the company of\u00a0Chamika Karunaratne<\/a>, who occasionally produced big hits himself, but was more the captain\u2019s hype man.\u00a0Shanaka had hit only six off his first 12 balls, but then went into supernova mode, blasting 48 off his next 13 deliveries<\/strong>,\u00a0t<\/strong>aking\u00a0Josh Hazlewood<\/a>\u00a0apart, then Jhye Richardson, then Kane Richardson in the final over, from which 19 had been required.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The last over<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

As good as the two previous overs had been for Sri Lanka, it didn\u2019t seem like they\u2019d make it in the last one. Shanaka is not particularly good at crashing balls through the offside (deep midwicket and down the ground are his areas). But then the pressure of Shanaka\u2019s outrageous hitting in the previous two overs got to Kane. Or so you\u2019d surmise.<\/span><\/p>\n

He bowled two clear off-side wides first up, which brought the requirement down to 17 off the last over, essentially. Then he bowled two decent deliveries, one of which was hit to sweeper cover, and a slower ball that Sri Lanka\u2019s batters scrambled a bye off.<\/span><\/p>\n

But with 15 needed off the last four, the real magic began for Sri Lanka. Shanaka slashed a slightly overpitched wide ball for four past point \u2013 his very first boundary of the innings in that region. Then, when Kane missed a straight yorker, he pummelled him down the ground, easily beating long-off.<\/span><\/p>\n

Next was the shot that, for the first time in the chase, seemed to put Sri Lanka on top. A low full toss, walloped into the sightscreen behind the bowler\u2019s head.<\/span><\/p>\n

Richardson was flustered. He bowled a wide to give the win away. The batters ran a bye just to be safe. The Pallekele crowd was already in raptures.<\/span><\/p>\n

The two previous overs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Where Shanaka really got into his work was against Hazlewood. Sri Lanka needed 58 off 17 balls when Shanaka got the strike. Then\u00a0he put a quasi-miracle into motion. Two big sixes to start \u2013 one over deep midwicket, one over wide long-on. Two fours to follow, through the covers, then down the ground. Hazlewood missed his length on all of those deliveries.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>The next over, bowled by Jhye Richardson, started with a six, as Jhye tried a slower one, but again missed his length, and was bashed by Shanaka over midwicket. Two fours were to follow here, with Shanaka walloping through midwicket again, after Karunaratne crashed one through deep cover.<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps the most controversial moment of the match came when umpire Kumar Dharmasena called a wide off what would have been the last delivery of the over, but which had passed inside the tramlines with the batter (Shanaka) taking a regular guard. Shanaka had left the bowlers no option but to chance this line though.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dasun Shanaka walloped five fours and four sixes\u2022Buddhika Weerasinghe\/Getty Images<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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