An Islands Eleven

From Sathasivam to Sangakkara, Murali to Malinga, Sri Lanka can lay claim to some of the worlds most remarkable cricketers - larger-than-life characters, who thumbed convention and played the game their own way. More so than anywhere else in the world, Sri Lankan cricket has an identity. This is the land of pint-sized swashbuckling batsman, on-the-fly innovators and contorted, cryptic spinners. On the field of play, Victorian ideals of the past collide with madcap tropical hedonism to create something dizzying. An Islands Eleven tells this story, focusing on the characters and moments that have shaped the game forever.