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Ceylonese Cricket Team In India In 1964–65
The Sri Lanka cricket team, Ceylon cricket team toured India in December 1964 and January 1965. Ceylon did not then have Test cricket, Test status, but three four-day unofficial Tests were played, India cricket team, India winning 2–1. The tour also included five other first-class cricket, first-class matches.G. Vaidyasekara, "Ceylon in India, 1964-65", ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, Wisden'' 1966, pp. 852–53. Ceylon's victory in the third unofficial Test was its first victory over a Test-playing nation. It is still Sri Lanka's only victory over India in India. Ceylon had previously beaten a Pakistan A cricket team, Pakistan A team in Colombo in August 1964. The Ceylon team *Michael Tissera (captain) *Neil Chanmugam *Premachandra de Silva *Muttaiah Devaraj *Sylvester Dias *Trevelyan Edward *Ranjit Fernando *Herbert Fernando *Norton Fredrick *Abu Fuard *Lareef Idroos *Stanley Jayasinghe *Darrell Lieversz *Anurudda Polonowita *Mano Ponniah *Lasantha Rodrigo *Dhansiri Weerasingh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka Cricket Team
The Sri Lanka men's national cricket team, (; ) nicknamed The Lions, represents Sri Lanka in men's international cricket. It is a full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One-Day International (ODI) and T20 International (T20I) status. The team first played first class cricket (as Ceylon) in 1926–27 and became an associate member of the ICC in 1965. They made their international debut in the 1975 Cricket World Cup and were later awarded the Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket-playing nation. The team is administered by Sri Lanka Cricket. Sri Lanka's national cricket team achieved considerable success beginning in the 1990s, rising from underdog status to winning the Cricket World Cup in 1996, under the captaincy of Arjuna Ranatunga. Since then, the team has continued to be a force in international cricket. The Sri Lankan cricket team reached the finals of the 2007 and 2011 Cricket World Cups consecutively. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Fuard
Mohamed Abdal Hassain "Abu" Fuard (6 December 1936 – 28 July 2012) was a Sri Lankan cricketer who played first-class cricket for Ceylon from 1957 to 1970 and served for many years as a national cricket administrator. Playing career Fuard was educated at Wesley College, Colombo, and played in turn for Moors Sports Club, Colts Cricket Club and Colombo Cricket Club. An off-spinner who sometimes opened the batting, he made his first-class debut in the Gopalan Trophy in 1956–57, taking two wickets and two catches and making 15 runs in a low-scoring victory for Ceylon. In the 1960-61 Gopalan Trophy match he top-scored in Ceylon's first innings with 68 batting at number 10, then took 3 for 44 and 2 for 75 in a 169-run victory for Ceylon. He toured India with Ceylon in 1964-65 and played in all three matches against India but had little success with the ball, taking only two wickets. In the third match, however, when Ceylon needed 112 to win and the regular opener was injured, Fuard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilip Sardesai
Dilip Narayan Sardesai (; 8 August 1940 – 2 July 2007) was an Indian international cricketer. He played Tests for the Indian national team as a batsman, the first Goa-born cricketer to play for India, and was often regarded as one of India's best batsmen against spin, although Indian batsmen have been known to play better against spin. Early life and career Sardesai grew up in a Gaud Saraswat Brahmin family of Margão, a town in the erstwhile Portuguese India (in the present-day Indian State of Goa). He studied in the New Era high school there. The region had no cricketing infrastructure during his growing days in the early 1950s. His family moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1957, when Sardesai was 17. He attended the city's Wilson College where his cricketing talent was spotted by coach 'Manya' Naik. He also studied at the Siddharth College of Arts, Science and Commerce in Fort, Mumbai. Sardesai made his first mark in cricket in the inter-university Rohinton Baria Trophy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangalore
Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Karnataka. As per the 2011 Census of India, 2011 census, the city had a population of 8.4 million, making it the List of cities in India by population, third most populous city in India and the most populous in South India. The Bengaluru metropolitan area had a population of around 8.5 million, making it the List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India, fifth most populous urban agglomeration in the country. It is located near the center of the Deccan Plateau, at a height of above sea level. The city is known as India's "Garden City", due to its parks and greenery. Archaeological artifacts indicate that the human settlement in the region happened as early as 4000 Common Era, BCE. The first mention of the name "Bengalooru" is from an ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chennai
Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and territories of India, state of India. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Census of India, 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the List of most populous cities in India, sixth-most-populous city in India and forms the List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India, fourth-most-populous urban agglomeration. Incorporated in 1688, the Greater Chennai Corporation is the oldest municipal corporation in India and the second oldest in the world after City of London Corporation, London. Historically, the region was part of the Chola dynasty, Chola, Pandya dynasty, Pandya, Pallava dynasty, Pallava and Vijayanagara Empire, Vijayanagara kingdoms during various eras. The coastal land which then contained th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Universities Cricket Team
The Indian Universities cricket team played 16 three-day first-class matches, all but one against teams touring India, between October 1949 and December 1975. Matches Of their 16 first-class matches, Indian Universities lost two (against the New Zealanders in 1955-56 and the West Indians in 1958–59) and drew the other 14. Only a few of the drawn matches came close to achieving a result. Against the Pakistanis in 1952–53, Indian Universities gained a first-innings lead of 248 after Jayasinghrao Ghorpade took 6 for 19 to dismiss the Pakistanis for 92; but rain prevented play on the final day. Against Ceylon in 1964–65, Indian Universities needed 89 to win and finished at 78 for 3 after 20 overs. The one first-class match by Indian Universities that did not take place in India was against Ceylon Board President's XI in Colombo in 1970–71. Sunil Gavaskar top-scored in each innings with 30 and 76 not out, and the Ceylon team, needing 106 for victory, reached 93 for 6 in 18 ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cricketer
''The Cricketer'' is a monthly English cricket magazine providing writing and photography from international, county, club and schools cricket. Overview The magazine was founded in 1921 by Sir Pelham Warner, an ex-England captain turned cricket writer. Warner edited the magazine until 1963. Later editors included E. W. Swanton, Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Reg Hayter and Simon Hughes. The magazine is responsible for the National Village Cup, an annual competition between village cricket sides, with the final played at Lord's. It devised the Cricketer Cup competition for old boys' teams from the public schools, which began with 16 teams in 1967 and has since expanded. It also publishes an annual schools' guide, featuring the best 100 secondary, 50 primary, 20 girls' and 20 state schools for cricket. For many years from the 1960s it was owned and run by the Brocklehurst family. Former Somerset captain Ben was in charge, with his wife Belinda and son Tim key players in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dicky Rutnagur
Dicky Jamshed Sohrab Rutnagur (26 February 1931 – 20 June 2013) was an Indian sports journalist. He was cricket correspondent for the ''Hindustan Times'' from 1958 to 1966, when he became a freelance based in the UK. He covered cricket, squash and badminton for ''The Daily Telegraph'' from 1966 to 2005. A Parsi, he was born in Bandra and was educated at St. Xavier's College. He then worked in the family business, which published the ''Indian Textile Journal''. He then began covering cricket matches as a freelance, writing for ''The Bharat'', a local sports paper, and then for daily newspapers. With Anandji Dossa, he co-edited ''The Indian Cricket-Field Annual'' throughout its life from 1957-8 to 1965-6. He first wrote for ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'' in 1963, and his most recent piece appeared in the 2007 edition. He wrote two books, including a biography of squash legend Jahangir Khan. Encouraged to move to England by Ron Roberts, he joined ''The Daily Telegraph'', fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhansiri Weerasinghe
Dhansiri Weerasinghe (1936 – 7 July 2020) was a cricketer who played 12 matches of first-class cricket for Ceylon between 1958 and 1969. Weerasinghe attended Ananda College in Colombo. On his first-class debut in 1957-58 he scored 57 against Mysore. He made his highest score of 92 when he captained Ceylon to a draw in the Gopalan Trophy match in 1968–69. He toured India with the Ceylon team in 1964-65, playing in one of the three matches against India, but with little success. He was one of the selectors who included him in the Ceylon team to tour England in 1968, but the tour was cancelled just before it was due to begin.S. S. Perera, ''The Janashakthi Book of Sri Lanka Cricket (1832–1996)'', Janashakthi Insurance, Colombo, 1999, pp. 320–26. Weerasinghe married Chatra Tennakoon in 1965, and they had three daughters. They migrated to Australia in 1974. He died in Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lasantha Rodrigo
Lasantha Rodrigo (born 28 May 1938) is a former cricketer who played 14 matches of first-class cricket for Ceylon between 1959 and 1971. Life and career Lasantha Rodrigo was born in Moratuwa and attended Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa, where he captained the cricket team in 1958 and 1959, and also captained the Ceylon schools team. His father, J. B. C. Rodrigo, was principal of Prince of Wales' College from 1933 to 1959. He made his highest first-class score on his debut, in the Gopalan Trophy match in 1958–59, when he scored 89. Batting at number three, he top-scored with 44 for Ceylon in their one-day match against the touring Australians in April 1961. He toured India with the Ceylon team in 1964-65, playing in all three matches against India, but with only moderate success. He worked for Ceylon Cold Stores for 31 years as a mechanical engineer. Inability to take time off work to play cricket shortened his cricket career. In 2014 he was formally honoured by Sri Lanka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mano Ponniah
Charles Edward Manoharan "Mano" Ponniah (born 3 May 1943) is a Sri Lankan architect and engineer who played first-class cricket in Sri Lanka and England from 1964 to 1969. Cricket career in Ceylon Mano Ponniah attended S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, before studying engineering at the University of Ceylon. He was a member of the University team that won the P. Saravanamuttu Trophy in 1963. He played for Ceylon as an opening batsman while still a student, making his first-class debut in the Gopalan Trophy match against Madras in 1963-64, when in 76.1 overs in the second innings he made 60 not out, Ceylon's highest score of the match, to help Ceylon to victory by six wickets. He toured India with Ceylon in 1964-65, playing in seven of the eight first-class matches and scoring 325 runs at an average of 25.00. He played in all three matches against India. Cricket career in England In 1966, Ponniah went to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, to continue his studies. He played cricket f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anurudda Polonowita
Anurudda "Anura" Polonowita (born 23 July 1938) is a former cricketer who played for Ceylon from 1960 to 1969. He later became a prominent cricket administrator and groundsman. In September 2018, he was one of 49 former Sri Lankan cricketers felicitated by Sri Lanka Cricket, to honour them for their services before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Early life and playing career Polonowita attended Ananda College, where he played in the first XI for five years. In his final year, 1958, he captained the team and took 80 wickets in nine matches with his left-arm spin. On his first-class debut he took 5 for 45 in the first innings of the Gopalan Trophy match in 1959–60. In the Gopalan Trophy match in 1960-61 he took 4 for 16 in each innings (match figures of 29.4–14–32–8) to help Ceylon to a 169-run victory. Polonowita played a part in Ceylon's first two important international victories. When Ceylon defeated a Pakistan team in 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
