Henry Moeran

Halfway stage though, Prakash, if you're a Sri Lankan, I think he won 3-8 home conditions, the sort of batting we've got.

And the other point, I guess, Stephen, is that in those days, players weren't quite as adept and used to the mental calculations of a T20 run chase.

benefits of some of that was what would pay to Sri Lanka's chances of winning a home World Cup yeah and in the end as you mentioned Prakash it ended up being the squeeze the spin that did the that did the damage with with what

brilliance as we've seen time and again from Sunil Narain with three for nine his figures in that final Darren Sammy meanwhile two for six and Sri Lanka collapsed to 101 losing by 36 runs yeah it was a it was a comprehensive win chasing something that as you rightly said Henry at the halfway stage

Was cricket a slightly more, I suppose, a game with slightly fewer polished edges at that point?

Was there a little bit more freedom?

Yeah.

Well, it does seem remarkable.

It was quite that long ago, but indeed it was.

A tournament won by West Indies, their first title, the runners-up Sri Lanka, England falling away in the Super 8 stages, India not making it through to the semi-final, which seems a remarkable enough thing, but it was a very memorable...

couple of weeks and that's all it was back there 27 matches it rattled along that tournament across the three venues in Sri Lanka won as I say by the West Indies the women's competition running at the same time was won by Australia and and of course

They went on that fabulous run that followed that.

It's wonderful going back down memory lane, discussing those great players from that edition, some of whom still just about playing in the edition of 2026, but it is a very different world in T20 cricket and cricket more generally.

I think it's fair to say.

Thank you very much, Prakash and Stephen.

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