![]() The writer, Shehan Karunatilaka, using the narrator’s POV takes us through the various cricketing events that happened to Sri Lanka from the late 80s to the early 90s. Pradeep had perfected 14 different variations: The Chinaman, The Orthodox Delivery, The Undercutter, The Doosra, The Carrom Ball, The Top Spinner, The Arm Ball, The Leaper, The Lissa, The Darter, The Floater, The Speed Ball, The Double Bounce. So this book is mainly about them trying to find him, and make a story out of the greatest lost talent of modern times. During the mid nineties, when Wije and his neighbour Ari, go on to find him to make a documentary about him, they realize he has not only disappeared from Sri Lanka, but from all the record books. ![]() Pradeep Mathew is a left hand chinaman bowler, who had a brief international career with the Sri Lankan team during the late 80s and early 90s. Karunasena(Wije), the veteran Sri Lankan sports writer, introduces us to Mathews in the book Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew. ![]() ![]() Who’s the greatest bowler the world has ever seen? Probably Shane Warne, or Muttiah Muralitharan or Richard Hadlee, or Sydney Barnes, but who is the greatest bowler the world has never seen? There’s only one answer to that and it’s Pradeep Sivanathan Mathew. ![]()
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