Cricket, by and large, has turned professional and in the last decade or so it has turned so competitive that the ICC introduced a special award which was called ‘The Spirit of the Game award’ and the first recipients of it were the cricketers from New Zealand in 2004.
Going into the fifth game of the Tri Nation series at the recently rain-hit Rangiri Dambulla Stadium the Sri Lankans are struggling for survival. The abandonment of the New Zealand match at a time when the home team was handily placed has only stirred the pot.