Long names of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 irk scorecard producers
The scorecard producers during the 2nd npower Test between Sri Lanka and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 at Lord’s were much disturbed by the long names of the Sri Lankan players which covered too much space on the card and were hard to maintain. The commentators were also not
feeling comfortable while announcing the names. Resultantly, bot had to cut the names short and use only abbreviations in order to avoid nuisance.
The 2nd Test game, played from 3 to 7 June, ended as drawn. Unlike their names, the Lankan players could not play long innings except the skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691, who made 193.
The names of almost all the Lions are hard to pronounce but some of them have extra-ordinarily lengthy and complex names like Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanga Welegedara, the pacer, Hettige Don Rumesh http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hettige-Don-Rumesh-Lahiru-Thirimanne-c63124, the batsman, Thilan Thusara
Samaraweera, the batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/NT-Paranavitana-c2132, the opener, and Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath.
The major source of agony for the commentators and scorecard makers was the name of Welegedara who was being mentioned as C. Welegedara by the former and U.W.M.B.C.A Welegedara by the latter.
Some analysts consider that the scoreboard maintainers are fortunate enough as Rajapakse Rajakaruna Abeykoon Panditha Wasalamudiyanse Ralahamilage Rajitha Krishantha Bandara Amunugama, a domestic player of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, is not with the team.
Opting lengthy and complicated names is a part of the Sri Lankan culture. Like Arabs, the Lankans also combine the name of forefathers, races and tribes with the name of their children.
Commenting on the names of the players, a media official of MCC said, “Surnames are sometimes abbreviated on the boards if required, but done at the scorers’ discretion. I believe only surnames are used, unless a surname is shared and then the initial that
they are known as is used as in the Jayawardene’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HAPW-Jayawardene-c1529 case.”
Apart from media men, commentators and other stadium staff, the lengthy names of the players are hard to be pronounced and remembered by the general cricket fans who love the cricketers a lot but are often unable to recall them by names.
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