Asanka Gurusinghe Archives

Sanga confers Asalanka as his successor – By Sunil Thenabadu (Sports editor – eLanka) After the heroics of new find Charith Asalanka lately at the ICC T 20 WC and previously in the recently concluded one day internationals when the selectors persisted with him after a number of failures in the tour of England, when he kept the trust conferred on him by the selectors with a flurry of half centuries. It is learnt that Sri Lanka with the retirement of left-handed number three batsman Asanka Gurusinghe had to stay for nearly three years to find his replacement Kumar Sangakkara in year 2000 as his successor. Kumar reigned for one and half decades when he contributed immensely towards Sri Lanka’s success.It was during his tenure that Sri Lanka had the distinction of been runners up in two ICC World Cups and winners in the ICC T 20 WC in year ...

Senior Gurusinghe took post WW I cricket by storm – By Ruhunu Puthra Source:Island The late Gurusinghe, the grandad of Asanka Gurusinghe the All Ceylon cricketer, was a sportsman of no mean repute. He represented Mahinda College, Galle and the Galle Cricket Club at cricket. In 1910 he captained the college football team. The late E.M Karunaratne, popularly known as E.M.K, the Patron Saint of Galle Cricket, recounts in his write-up ‘Cricket Down South’ in the year 1929, some of Gurusinghe’s memorable cricket feats. He rates Gurusinghe as the best left arm bowler produced by Southern Ceylon after D. Robertson, the champion trundler. On January 5, 1914, Gurusinghe played for the Southern Province Team led by the evergreen batsman M.S. Gooneratne in the second test against the Australians led by Rev. E.F Waddy, the famous Sydney University and New South Wales cricketer. This was the first time that an ...