Sri Lanka, March 29 -- There is a sliver lining in every dark cloud in our sports world. Amidst all the dreaded Coronavirus googlies hurled at us, a cricketing comet hit the school and local cricket world. It was like a meteorite when young Navod Paranavithane from Mahinda College, Galle smashed a quadruple century (409 not out) in an inter school match against Dharmasoka College.

Paranavithane who is the skipper is just 18 and made a marathon innings of 409 that came in just 327 deliveries with 39 fours and 19 sixes. It was a truly remarkable innings that will go into the record books and last a long time and be unassailable, however considering that the days of miracles are not over and anything can happen.

It was only a few weeks bac...