Well recently I was caught up in the common room of my hostel and found nothing else to do but to watch TV….. And surfing through the channels I came across the highlights of a test match between Australia & Sri Lanka…. As expected Australians dominated in their home ground and the Lankans were on the verge of a shameful defeat! Then came in a heroic 42 from a youngster who was going on for Stuart Clark….. Ammmmm his name was….. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh some Jayawardene….. I quickly reckoned the number of players in the team with the name Jayawardene….. They were definitely more than the number of Singh’s in the Indian team….. As a matter of fact, if I were a commentator it would be very difficult for me to pronounce these absolutely impossible Sri Lankan names…. But one thing will always save me, that’s the Sur-Name….. I was listening to the commentator, I guess it was Michael Slater struggle to pronounce his name and then all of a sudden realizes his Sur-Name was Jayawardene, and then he quickly says “Beautiful Cricket Shot from Jayawardene, Awesome footwork”……..
I just thought had he not known the surname, may be he would have said “Yeah the guy with the Reebok bat played a thunderous stroke, straight to the fence”….. lolz!
Jayawardene’s, Jayasuriya’s,Ranatunga’s,De-Silva’s,Silva’s are absolutely saving the job’s of many commentators…..
Well as a testimony to my blog i am naming the current Sri Lankan squad… Try doing the impossible, pronounce them….
1) Marvan Samson Atapattu
2) Charitha Malinga Bandara
3) Umagiliya Durage Upul Chandana
4) Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan
5) Congenige Randhi Dilhara Fernando
6) Sanath Teran Jayasuriya
7) Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene
8) Hewasandatchige Asiri Prasanna Wishvanath Jayawardene
9) Chamara Kantha Kapugedera
10) Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara (Well he reminds me of Rao Gopal Rao…. lolz!)
11) Mohamed Farveez Maharoof
12) Separamadu Lasith Malinga
13) Muttiah Muralidaran
14) Panagodage Don Ruchira Laksiri Perera
15) Thilan Thusara Samaraweera
16) Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara
17) Lindamlilage Prageeth Chamara Silva
18) Warushavithana Upul Tharanga
19) Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas
20) Michael Graydon Vandort…….
That ends the list….. Well if I was a commentator, I will never sign a contract with a channel that covers Sri Lankan matches…. Lolz!
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