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UWMBCA Welegedara

By Will last year, mid-November Add your comment below

Good job I’m no longer on Cricinfo comms. I’d have had a field day today. “And here comes Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanga Welegedara from the pavilion end, but he offers a stray on Dravid’s pads who flicks Welegedara – that’s Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanga Welegedara, not the other one – through midwicket for four more.”

What an exhausting mouthful of a name.

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9 Responses to “UWMBCA Welegedara”

  • Sean  wrote:
    November 16th, 2009 at 9.43 pm

    I’m reminded of Kapila Indaka Weerakkody Wijegunawardene who toured England with Sri Lanka in 1992 and who was referred to as “Wijers” by Brian Johnston.

    I thought that was long but then you had Chaminda Vaas and now you’ve got this fella. I reckon it’s a ploy by Sri Lankan parents to beat our own Ebony-Jewel Cora-Lee Rosamond Camellia Rainford-Brent.

  • Will wrote:
    November 16th, 2009 at 10.27 pm

    Wijegunawardene! There’s a tongue-twisting blast from the past. Ebony’s doing a fine job of keeping the Brits up with the Sri Lankan Joneses. We need more.

  • Marcus wrote:
    November 17th, 2009 at 12.19 am

    What’s really funny is sometimes a Sri Lankan will pop up with a name like Russell Arnold in the midst of all this madness!

  • JII wrote:
    November 17th, 2009 at 4.47 am

    Marcus,
    They’ve included Angelo Mathews in the team now to keep you happy:-)

  • Sunny Singh wrote:
    November 27th, 2009 at 3.33 pm

    Almost everyone in the lankan team is a mendis,fernando,dias,desilva.
    I thought it was a Buddhist country.
    The madness starts when you’ve got names like Russel Arnold,Jerome Jaywardene,Angelo Matthews,Fonseka,Vaas(Waz).
    Should be called portugalanka from now on.

  • Sunny Singh wrote:
    November 27th, 2009 at 3.51 pm

    But Anyways,
    the lankans aren’t the only one’s with the interesting names-
    Broad,Swanne(or is it swan),Side-Bottom,Strauss(pronounced straws),Flint-Off,Prior,Bell(LMAO……Ding-dong…LOL).There’s an ‘Onions’ there too.I assume he doesn’t wander around the ‘Cook’.I know there’s some ‘Mustard’ there somewhere.Used to be a ‘hick’ there as well.’Harm’-ison couldn’t harm a fly.
    England wins hands down.
    Lanka aren’t even close in this competition.

  • HardBlade wrote:
    December 3rd, 2009 at 7.09 am

    This crazy guy has long name. Must be really crazy. His name is longer than him. Someone should tell him that name should be short and is just for identification. Not to put it on display..

  • BridgE wrote:
    December 15th, 2009 at 4.48 am

    Is it one name, or the complete team guys names. Imagine calling him for the first time on stage….

  • Rahul wrote:
    December 21st, 2009 at 1.52 pm

    How did he manage to remember his own name while he was kid ….

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