From south to north, Sri Lanka’s cricket dreams undermine fragile ecosystems

Mongabay
Jan 19, 2026, 1:51 pm101 ptsTrending
COLOMBO — Cricket is more than a sport in Sri Lanka. It is woven into the country’s postindependence identity, a unifying passion that cuts across class, ethnicity and geography. Yet in recent years, the push to expand cricket infrastructure has increasingly collided with fragile ecosystems, triggering…

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