Lasantha Rodrigo Archives

Michael Tissera: A Lifetime of Grounded Achievement-by Krishantha Prasad Cooray Source:Thuppahis Krishantha Prasad Cooray, in The Island, 7 April 2024, where the title runs thus: “Michael Tissera at 85: Gentlemen’s gentleman” ….. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Michael Tissera with his children and grandchildren When people who have the same first name meet up, there’s name-related humour. The more, the merrier, obviously, especially if they are good friends and enjoy friendly banter. Today I am thinking of three people who share the name Michael: Michael Tissera, Michael Sproule and Michael De Zoysa, all three who played cricket for St Thomas’ College, Mt Lavinia. The first of course is the bigger name associated with the gentleman’s game. Today I remember these three gentlemen sending everyone into fits of laughter as they talked among themselves, each referring to the others by name. It went something along the following lines: ‘Yes Michael, as I was ...

Lasantha Rodrigo – Legendary Cricker of Prince of Wales, Moratuwa, SSC (Sinhalese Sports Club) & Sri Lanka Lasantha Rodrigo born on 28 May, 1938 was the son of J B C Rodrigo and Beryl Rodrigo (nee De Mel). He can be described as the ‘famous son of a famous father’. JBC represented Keeble College at Oxford University at cricket where Nawab of Pataudi (Snr.) was the captain of the team. Lasantha was a member of the Ceylon team when they toured India to play three unofficial test matches against the Indian team captained by Nawab of Pataudi (Jnr.). JBC was the legendary Principal of Prince of Wales College (PoW) during its heyday as one of the six leading schools in Ceylon. Lasantha captained Prince of Wales College First XI cricket team for two years in 1957 and 1958 when it was a champion cricket team in the school circuit. ...