News: netball

It’s was a stunning victory, bringing glory to Sri Lanka. It was, however, not cricket but netball. Sri Lanka’s National Girls’ Netball team have just returned after a triumphant series in which they emerged the Asian Champions, resoundingly defeating (77-48) the defending Asian Champions, Singapore. Sri Lanka’s victory was due in no small measure to the fact that Asia’s tallest netball player, Tharjini Sivalingam, is a member of the team. Towering above all at 6 ft 10”, it was Tharjini who scored 74 of the 77 shots in the winning play off also bagging the Best Shooter of the match with a total score of 380. Even as a young netball star, Tharjini had no inflated opinion about herself nor did she ever take offence at the numerous teasing remarks or stares that her height drew. She met both celebrity status and silly remarks with equanimity.