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...Movies: Notes from Toronto Books: Tiananmen leader tells all Q & A: Zhang Boli Sports: Cricket, South Asia-style
...field in Colombo the people's favorite wins applause every time he touches the ball. His every warm-up stretch is met with a collective intake of breath. In the 21st over of the match, Muralitharan finally prepares to bowl. Only in cricket could such a non-event spark a frenzy. "Murali is going to bowl. Murali is going to bowl," screams Nihal Samaranayake, a 46-year-old Sinhalese pharmaceutical executive, joining the rest of the stadium on his feet...
...game's comprehensive vocabulary, Nihal is a "cricket tragic"?a man irredeemably obsessed. In the past 15 years he has missed more wedding anniversaries than he has international cricket matches played in Colombo. His life revolves around the game and its peculiar colonial customs. He never attends a match without a packed lunch of egg sandwiches, the crusts neatly sliced off by his wife. He happily shares the sandwiches with bemused business associates. "I often do business at the cricket," he says. "The Americans like to do business on a golf course. I like to do business while watching Murali...
...That, and their collective dislike for Australia, the world's No. 1 cricket team and the favorites to win this tournament. "Nothing, I mean nothing, gives me greater pleasure than to watch any South Asian team beat Australia," says Nihal. "But of course I prefer that South Asian team to be Sri Lanka...
...Movies: Notes from Toronto Books: Tiananmen leader tells all Q & A: Zhang Boli Sports: Cricket, South Asia-style