When Sri Lanka stunned the cricket world
Sri Lanka's 1996 World Cup hero Hashan Tillakaratne recalls their landmark triumph.
Does cricket have a problem with recreational drugs? We ask whether the extra money in the game is leading players astray.
Sri Lanka's 1996 World Cup hero Hashan Tillakaratne remembers the amazing victory over Australia that rocked cricket's established order.
And how the sport is providing an escape to those New York immigrants who feel isolated in Donald Trump's America.
Photo: Sri Lanka during the 1996 World Cup final (Getty Images)
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