Cricket fans all over the world probably have more in common with each other than with their fellow citizens. Romesh Gunesekera citizencommoncricket Change image and share on social
Two of the first plays I saw after I arrived in Britain were 'King Lear' in Liverpool, and 'Antony and Cleopatra' at Stratford. One was produced with hardly a backdrop and the other with gigantic scene changes. I was impressed by what connected the two: the words and their life beyond the stage. Romesh Gunesekera antonyarrivebackdrop share on social
I wrote 'The Match,' my cricket novel, between 2002 and 2005. In retrospect, almost an age of innocence in cricket and a time when it was rare to find the game deep in fiction. Romesh Gunesekera agecricketdeep Change image and share on social
I probably felt most out of place as a young kid growing up in Sri Lanka. My mental world was somewhere else, partly because of reading and daydreaming. Romesh Gunesekera daydreamfeltgrow Change image and share on social