He travelled for hours in darkness from Colombo down to Galle to stay at what was then called The Dutch House ... a pupil of Sri Lanka's master of Tropical Modernism, Geoffrey Bawa.
Sri Lanka has indeed lost games before at Galle, but the manner in which the Australians dominated the proceedings from the very first ball of the series suggests that this will go down as one of ...
The ground is situated near the Galle Fort and the venue has the Indian ... the ground reopened for the Third Test of England's tour of Sri Lanka in October 2007. The Galle Stadium has been ...