In medieval times nations asserted their superiority by going to war and conquering their adversaries. In modern times, sports, has replaced this egoistic requirement of man to a great extent. This is not to say that man has totally given up his destructive instinct to go to war but should saner counsel prevail on the civilized man he would always chose more positive avenues to express his aggression and superiority.It is indeed a pride of every Sri Lankan to realize that, being as small and insignificant as Sri Lanka is, the country has achieved world standards at least in one sport, and that is Cricket. We were the World Champions in 1996 and our performance in the game has been consistent over the years ever since as our team has steadfastly counted itself among the top teams in the world. And that is in both the versions of the game.
National team
Winning the World Cup in 1996 brought immense fame to little Sri Lanka and in fact that achievement paid more diplomatic dividend than all what our Foreign Embassies could achieve for years in building the country’s image. At a time when there was an intense disinformation campaign projecting Sri Lanka as a country where communities kill each other, the world came to know, or at least the Cricketing world, that there are other things, other than just quarrelling, that Sri Lankan are capable at.
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