Among the large number of people who mourn the sudden death of Tony Greig, our Master blaster Sanath Jayasuriya and "Little Kalu" Romesh Kaluwitharana are perhaps the two who condoled the most. They remembered him from their hearts calling the state television the 'Rupavahini" to express their views. Sanath jayasuriya was in a private hospital since he had fallen sick. Sanath remembered very well how Tony used to call him Master Blaster.
"I think he called us by various names, because he loved the way
we played and approached to play positive and particularly our style of playing. Our country is only a small island. He used to travel and experience very thing in our country starting from a our country starting pineapple. He visited all the places specially the historical site in Sri Lanka and spoke about them to the international media. When there was a war in our country. International world was scared of holding international games in Sri Lanka but he told the whole world that games could be held since there is no threat. We proved them that was right... No one spoke on behalf of us during that period. That has a long history. He did a great service towards our country and we will never forget that as a Sri Lankan. His name is will be eternally spoken with tha name of Sri Lankan cricket. The name "Little Kalu' for Romesh Kaluwitharana was named by Tony Greig expressed his views as below.
"Tony Called "Little Kalu" before the World cup 1996 and that was in 1995 when i was playing for Sri Lanka against Australia in their home soil. There too he suported us by lifting our moral. That support helped us to boost our confidence helped us to win the coveted ICC World Cup in 1996"
