Ishant rested, Dhoni back for ODIs If you want a throwback to the times fast being forgotten, stop by at the P Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo at some point over the next five days. At a time when people are building stadia that have retractable roofs and Beijing is showing the world just what rapid advances technology has made in the construction of arenas, this stadium is a sleepy reminder of a gentler time when the pace of life was less hectic. The ground, home to the Tamil Union — one of the oldest institutions in Sri Lankan cricket — boasts of an ivy covered scorer's box, an old-fashioned manual scoreboard, and stands named after the legendary Mahadevan Satahasivan, a batsman Sir Don Bradman regarded as among the finest he had ever seen. And yes, it is a ground steeped in history. It was here that Sri Lanka played their...
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