Aney is it true? with Nam

She who was happy
* She too is a sprinter herself. When they were about to announce Jani’s fate that day, she seemed to be the most interested party of all. She had lamented that when this happened to her then there was no one to her rescue, but Jani has them in abundance.

Then just a few moments before the official verdict was announced she was seen walking away from the scene with a very satisfied look in her face.

Preferential treatment
* Some umpires are questioning as to why preferential treatment is given to past cricketers who now prefer to don the coat. They say even the Australian umpire Simon Taufel who supposed to be number one in the world had never played the game but, is performing better than those who have played the game.

Cool fish
* There is an allegation that Match Referees for the Premier League tournament are given by favour and not by ability. They also point out that an umpire who toils the whole day in the middle gets only Rs2500/- while the match referee who sits on a comfortable chair right through the game collects a cool 4500/- at the end of it.

Tidy sum and under obligation
* A very hot topic these days in the cricketing circles is that as to who is going represent the selection committee as one of tour selectors in New Zealand. The selected candidate stands to get a sum of US $ 350/- a day and it will work out to a very tidy sum in Sri Lankan rupees at the end of it. The top dog is trying to put in one his nominees so that latter would be under obligation to him there onwards.

Cricket uprising
* They say that there is an uprising against a very senior hand in the national cricket team. The reason is that he never consults the other seniors while taking decisions. It is also said that there is an invisible hand behind this person actions.

Snivelling man’s fury
* The sniveling man was in a fury. He was angry over a letter handed over to the Ministry of Sports by some athletes pointing out some shortcomings of the ministry and the leaking of the same to the newspapers. The sniveling man has met them one early morning and demanded that they go back to the press and say that what they had said was not true.