Aravinda De Silva & Kent (First Sri Lankan ?)
Shanmuganathan Sivakumaran
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>"Aravinda is excited by the prospect of being the first from his
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>country to play county cricket and equally Kent believe he will
>provide runs in an entertaining way," Anderson added.
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>Thanks :: Reuter, AFP
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>Vicky:
>UMass, Feb 25, 1995
>
Is this true ? .....................
What about Gihan Mendis, I thought he was considerd Sri Lankan, at
least in first few seasons.
And several Sri Lankan players were in University teams, including
Gamini Gunasena & Pathmanadan ? ( I know Oxford and Cambridge
are not in the first class county list after 1993, but these guys were
there in 60's and 70's)
can anyone confirm this..
Yes. Gamini Goonasena played for Cambridge and Gajan Pathmanathan
played for Oxford. I also think that in the 60s, Clive Inman played
for Leicestershire. He has played for the then Ceylon team in
unofficial tests against Pakistan, and may be India under Mike
Tissera.
As for Gehan Mendis, I thought he was vying for England team.
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Shantha Ranatunga
School of Elect. Eng.
University of NSW
E-mail:sha...@cse.unsw.edu.au
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John Hall
si...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu "Shanmuganathan Sivakumaran" writes:
> Vicky wrote from
> >................................
> >"Aravinda is excited by the prospect of being the first from his
> ^^^^^^^^^^
> >country to play county cricket and equally Kent believe he will
> >provide runs in an entertaining way," Anderson added.
> ................
> ...............
>
> >Thanks :: Reuter, AFP
> >
>
> >Vicky:
> >UMass, Feb 25, 1995
> >
> Is this true ? .....................
> What about Gihan Mendis, I thought he was considerd Sri Lankan, at
> least in first few seasons.
> And several Sri Lankan players were in University teams, including
> Gamini Gunasena & Pathmanadan ? ( I know Oxford and Cambridge
> are not in the first class county list after 1993, but these guys were
> there in 60's and 70's)
There has been no change in the status of Oxford and Cambridge, who
still play some first-class matches against the counties.
>
> can anyone confirm this..
>
> Yes. Gamini Goonasena played for Cambridge and Gajan Pathmanathan
> played for Oxford. I also think that in the 60s, Clive Inman played
> for Leicestershire. He has played for the then Ceylon team in
> unofficial tests against Pakistan, and may be India under Mike
> Tissera.
Yes, and Stan Jayasinghe also played for Leicestershire in the 1960s.
Either the Kent official is comparatively young, has a short memory, or
doesn't realist that Ceylon and Sri Lanka are one and the same.
>
> As for Gehan Mendis, I thought he was vying for England team.
Yes, presumably because Sri Lanka didn't play Test cricket at the time
he started his county career.
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> Shantha Ranatunga
> School of Elect. Eng.
> University of NSW
> E-mail:sha...@cse.unsw.edu.au
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Gihan Wikramanayake
: In article <3iq8jm$t...@uwm.edu>
: si...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu "Shanmuganathan Sivakumaran" writes:
: > Vicky wrote from
: > >................................
: > >"Aravinda is excited by the prospect of being the first from his
: > ^^^^^^^^^^
: > >country to play county cricket and equally Kent believe he will
: > >provide runs in an entertaining way," Anderson added.
Aravinda will be the first SL to play since the concept of Overseas players
was introduced in 70s.
gihan
: > ................