Roadshow: Galle - Of vantage points and Sri Lankan cricket's Rahukaalam

The Galle fort, a world heritage site, stands solemnly in the background, its massive presence a reminder to people about its history and struggles to be here. If those struggles were in the past, the Sri Lanka cricket team's display at the ground, a stone's throw away from the fort, was a reminder that there is still some way to go for the cricket in the country before redemption.

Yet, the fort sees a regular turnout of people hoping to catch a glimpse of the game. School kids, young couples, a gang of friends or the loner, Galle fort remains witness to a variety of cricket fans. Nestled alongside the ground and the Indian Ocean, with the South Western sea breeze in your face, the view from Galle Fort could be one of the most desirable cricket-viewing spots in the world. If only the sun and the humidity were not as unforgiving, and the cricket not as one-sided as it was, perhaps the fort would have been teeming with more people than inside the ground.