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How to estimate the intelligence of a ruler
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"The first method of
estimating the intelligence of a ruler
is to look at
the men he has around him."
- Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
AtulaSiriwardane said:Ranil is not a ruler..
Ruler as in General.. a leader, could belong to a country a Party.. so YES!!! You are right!!!
ANE MATANAM TAMA CHANDE DAN NA .
MATA HAMBUNA DAWASATA MULU CHANDA CARD AKEMA KURUTUGALA DANAWA..
MATA GALAPENA LEADER KENAK LANKAWE NA..
ALL ARE CORRUPTED..
MATA HAMBUNA DAWASATA MULU CHANDA CARD AKEMA KURUTUGALA DANAWA..
MATA GALAPENA LEADER KENAK LANKAWE NA..
ALL ARE CORRUPTED..
AtulaSiriwardane said:
"The first method of
estimating the intelligence of a ruler
is to look at
the men he has around him."
- Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
Everton Weekes
Everton Weekes
Born in a wooden shack on Pickwick Gap in Westbury, Saint Michael, Barbados, near Kensington Oval, Weekes was named by his father after English football team Everton (when Weekes told English cricketer Jim Laker this, Laker reportedly replied "It was a good thing your father wasn't a West Bromwich Albion fan.")[1] Weekes is unaware of the source of DeCourcy, his middle name, although he believes there was a French influence in his family.[1]
Weekes's family was poor and his father was forced to leave his family to work in the Trinidad oilfields when Weekes was eight. He did not return to Barbados for eleven years.[2] In the absence of his father, Weekes and his sister were raised by his mother Lenore and an aunt, whom Weekes credits with his successful upbringing.[2]
Weekes attended St Leonard's Boys' School, where he later bragged that he never passed an exam (although he would later successfully study Hotel Management)[3] and preferred to concentrate on sport.[4] In addition to cricket, Weekes was also a keen football player, representing Barbados.[5] As a boy Weekes assisted the groundsmen at Kensington Oval and often acted as a substitute fielder[6] in exchange for free entry to the cricket, giving himself the opportunity to watch leading international cricketers at close range.[7]. At age 13, Weekes began playing for Westshire Cricket Club in the Barbados Cricket League (BCL). He would have preferred to have played for his local club, Pickwick, but the club only catered to white players.[8]
Weekes left school in 1939, aged 14 and, not having a job, spent his days playing cricket and football. He later attributed much of his cricketing success to this time spent practicing.[9] In 1943, Weekes enlisted in the Barbados Regiment, and served as a Lance-Corporal[8] until his discharge in 1947 and while he never saw active service,[7] the fact he was in the military meant he was eligible to play cricket for Garrison Sports Club in the higher standard Barbados Cricket Association in addition to Westshire in the BCL.[8]
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Early first-class career
Weekes's excellent performances in Barbados club cricket led to his selection in a 1945 trial match to select a first-class side to represent Barbados on a Goodwill tour of Trinidad and Tobago. Weekes scored 88 and 117 retired and was selected for the tour,[4] making his first-class debut on 24 February 1945, aged 19 years, 364 days, for Barbados against Trinidad and Tobago at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain. Batting at number six, he scored 0 and eight as Barbados lost by ten wickets.[10]
Weekes scored his maiden first-class half century in his next match, making 53 as an opener against Trinidad in March 1945 (where he also bowled for the first time in a first class match, conceding 15 runs in four wicketless overs).[11] In his first two first-class seasons Weekes was only a moderate success with the bat, averaging 16.62 by the end of the 1945/46 season[4] but began to find form in 1946/47, when, batting at number four, his maiden first-class century, 126 against British Guiana at Bourda, Georgetown,[12] and averaged 67.57 for the season.[4]
The 1947/48 season included a tour by MCC and Weekes impressed West Indian selectors with an unbeaten 118 against the tourists prior to the first Test in Bridgetown.[4]
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The Three Ws
Weekes was one of the "Three Ws", along with Clyde Walcott and Frank Worrell, noted as outstanding batsmen from Barbados who all made their Test debut in 1948 against England. The three were all born within seventeen months of each other and within a mile of Kensington Oval in Barbados[13] and Walcott believed that the same midwife delivered each of them.[14] Weekes first met Walcott in 1941, aged 16, when they were team mates in a trial match[15]. They shared a room together when on tour[15] and, along with Worrell, would go dancing together on Saturday nights after playing cricket.[16]
The name "Three Ws" was coined by an English journalist during the 1950 West Indian tour of England.[17] Walcott believed that Weekes was the best all-round batsman of the three, while Worrell was the best all-rounder and modestly referred to himself as the best wicket keeper of the trio.[18]
After their retirement from cricket, the three remained close and, following the death of Worrell in 1967, Weekes acted as one of the pallbearers at his funeral.[19]
The 3Ws Oval, situated on the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies was named in their honour, and a monument to the three Ws is opposite the oval.[20] Worrell and Walcott are buried on ground overlooking the oval[21] but there has been no official word from Weekes whether he intends to be buried with them upon his death.
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Everton Weekes
Born in a wooden shack on Pickwick Gap in Westbury, Saint Michael, Barbados, near Kensington Oval, Weekes was named by his father after English football team Everton (when Weekes told English cricketer Jim Laker this, Laker reportedly replied "It was a good thing your father wasn't a West Bromwich Albion fan.")[1] Weekes is unaware of the source of DeCourcy, his middle name, although he believes there was a French influence in his family.[1]
Weekes's family was poor and his father was forced to leave his family to work in the Trinidad oilfields when Weekes was eight. He did not return to Barbados for eleven years.[2] In the absence of his father, Weekes and his sister were raised by his mother Lenore and an aunt, whom Weekes credits with his successful upbringing.[2]
Weekes attended St Leonard's Boys' School, where he later bragged that he never passed an exam (although he would later successfully study Hotel Management)[3] and preferred to concentrate on sport.[4] In addition to cricket, Weekes was also a keen football player, representing Barbados.[5] As a boy Weekes assisted the groundsmen at Kensington Oval and often acted as a substitute fielder[6] in exchange for free entry to the cricket, giving himself the opportunity to watch leading international cricketers at close range.[7]. At age 13, Weekes began playing for Westshire Cricket Club in the Barbados Cricket League (BCL). He would have preferred to have played for his local club, Pickwick, but the club only catered to white players.[8]
Weekes left school in 1939, aged 14 and, not having a job, spent his days playing cricket and football. He later attributed much of his cricketing success to this time spent practicing.[9] In 1943, Weekes enlisted in the Barbados Regiment, and served as a Lance-Corporal[8] until his discharge in 1947 and while he never saw active service,[7] the fact he was in the military meant he was eligible to play cricket for Garrison Sports Club in the higher standard Barbados Cricket Association in addition to Westshire in the BCL.[8]
[edit]
Early first-class career
Weekes's excellent performances in Barbados club cricket led to his selection in a 1945 trial match to select a first-class side to represent Barbados on a Goodwill tour of Trinidad and Tobago. Weekes scored 88 and 117 retired and was selected for the tour,[4] making his first-class debut on 24 February 1945, aged 19 years, 364 days, for Barbados against Trinidad and Tobago at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain. Batting at number six, he scored 0 and eight as Barbados lost by ten wickets.[10]
Weekes scored his maiden first-class half century in his next match, making 53 as an opener against Trinidad in March 1945 (where he also bowled for the first time in a first class match, conceding 15 runs in four wicketless overs).[11] In his first two first-class seasons Weekes was only a moderate success with the bat, averaging 16.62 by the end of the 1945/46 season[4] but began to find form in 1946/47, when, batting at number four, his maiden first-class century, 126 against British Guiana at Bourda, Georgetown,[12] and averaged 67.57 for the season.[4]
The 1947/48 season included a tour by MCC and Weekes impressed West Indian selectors with an unbeaten 118 against the tourists prior to the first Test in Bridgetown.[4]
[edit]
The Three Ws
Weekes was one of the "Three Ws", along with Clyde Walcott and Frank Worrell, noted as outstanding batsmen from Barbados who all made their Test debut in 1948 against England. The three were all born within seventeen months of each other and within a mile of Kensington Oval in Barbados[13] and Walcott believed that the same midwife delivered each of them.[14] Weekes first met Walcott in 1941, aged 16, when they were team mates in a trial match[15]. They shared a room together when on tour[15] and, along with Worrell, would go dancing together on Saturday nights after playing cricket.[16]
The name "Three Ws" was coined by an English journalist during the 1950 West Indian tour of England.[17] Walcott believed that Weekes was the best all-round batsman of the three, while Worrell was the best all-rounder and modestly referred to himself as the best wicket keeper of the trio.[18]
After their retirement from cricket, the three remained close and, following the death of Worrell in 1967, Weekes acted as one of the pallbearers at his funeral.[19]
The 3Ws Oval, situated on the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies was named in their honour, and a monument to the three Ws is opposite the oval.[20] Worrell and Walcott are buried on ground overlooking the oval[21] but there has been no official word from Weekes whether he intends to be buried with them upon his death.
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Ne machan mooge (Athula Siriwardane) uppenne thiyenne pare inna wal ballekge nama..itz tommy Siriwardana........chinnth said:umbe uppanna sahathike piyage nama liyana theeruwe iri kaallak neda thiyanne? .......
piyage nama : ---
samahara wita ranil ge nama wennathi othanata enna one.....
koti marala iwara wela tho wage po**yo tikath ae gaman maranna one....
aragon said:Mewa dekkama ubata eerisiya athi neda....President Mahinda Rajapakashe Uba natnam Ranil wage Ponn*yek newei ne......
Haapo..
Man kanne waraka witharai..
Mata hithenne paw kiyala.
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Man kanne waraka witharai..
Mata hithenne paw kiyala.
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AtulaSiriwardane said:
"The first method of
estimating the intelligence of a ruler
is to look at
the men he has around him."
- Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
