World Cup boycott, Murali chucking row, finally Aussie cricketers win Lankan hearts

There was a time when the relationship between Sri Lanka and Australia hit the rock bottom.

In 1996, Australia refused to play its opening match of the World Cup in Colombo, citing security fears after a bomb exploded in the Sri Lankan capital the previous month killing more than 80 people. Later that year, Australia refused to play a two-match Test cricket series in Sri Lanka in August. Read More