Sri Lanka, April 7 -- When people who have the same first name meet up, there's name-related humour. The more, the merrier, obviously, especially if they are good friends and enjoy friendly banter.

Today I am thinking of three people who share the name Michael: Michael Tissera, Michael Sproule and Michael De Zoysa, all three who played cricket for S. Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia. The first of course is the bigger name associated with the gentleman's game.

Today I remember these three gentlemen sending everyone into fits of laughter as they talked among themselves, each referring to the others by name. It went something along the following lines: 'Yes Michael, as I was telling Michael...but Michael, when I explained to Michael, Michael ki...