Australia vs Ceylon, Colombo Oval, 29 March 1953 Source:Thuppahis Hassett and Others at Cricket in Colombo, 29 March 1953 ………………Michael Roberts (compiler) …. with the presentation here being facilitated by the technical wizardry of Johnny De Silva (a fellow-Aloysian) and Victor Melder (Master Lexigrapher & Recordkeeper) who both reside in Melbourne Bill O’Reilly’s Report on the Match: ……………………….Ceylon Does Well against Hassett’s Team ………………………………………..C. H Gunasekara’s Batting Impresses From Ceylon’s point of view by far the most interesting angle of their short-time match against the Australians was the outstanding batting performance of C. H. Gunasekara, who faced up to the full strength of Australia’s Test attack so confidently that it seemed he would have preferred the match to last long enough to do his undoubted batting talent full justice. ...

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