The song according to the government contains derogatory references to defending champions Australia as well as earthquake-hit New Zealand and that Ricky Ponting’s no-balls World Cup song...Australians are doomed to end up as bird food while the New Zealanders, reeling from the news of the Christchurch earthquake, would have their jaws broken. A government official said the song boasts that "sixes hit by Sri Lankans will shatter the roof of the English Palace and things in it tumble."
President Rajapaksa had heard the Sinhala and Tamil mixed song when he was in Hambantota last Sunday to watch Sri Lanka play their opening match against Canada and felt that it was in bad taste.
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