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Cricket fraternity mourns gentleman Shashi Ganesan Source:Island Sri Lankan cricketing fraternity woke up on Saturday for the shocking news of the death of former S. Thomas’ cricketer Shashi Ganesan. His funeral took place yesterday. He was 64. Ganesan was a brilliant thinker of the game. He captained S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia in 1976. The team was unbeaten that year and won eight of their ten games. S. Thomas’ were declared the best team that year. His brother Ajit was vice-captain of the side. The brilliant 1976 team of S. Thomas’ had other accomplished cricketers like Guy de Alwis, Saliya Ahangama and Ishak Shahabdeen ...

Dec 26, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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Ishak Shahabdeen cricketer and hockey player par excellence-by Hafiz Marikar Source:Dailynews Ishak Shahabdeen, was one of the most talented cricketers, athletes and hockey players , of St. Sylvester’s College Kandy . He was adjudged outstation cricketer of the year in 1974. In Hockey he captained the under 16 and 19 teams and led them to the Kandy Schools Championship in 1974.He scored 16 goals against Nugawela Central College. In 1973 he represented Sri Lanka Schools and was captain in1976. After leaving St. Sylvester’s College, he joined S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia where he won colours in Cricket, Hockey and Athletics. In Athletics he was part of a relay team which included rugby players PL Munasinghe, Devaka Fernando and Michael Jayasekera. He played First XI cricket in a team captained by Sasi Ganeshan. Other team mates included Saliya Ahangama, Guy de Alwis, Arittha R Wikramanayake and Michael Jayasekera. In1976, he was ...

Oct 21, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged , Comments 0
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