Mervyn Rodrigo Archives

eLanka Newsletter – 30 Sept – 9th edition – Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Former Australia batsman Dean Jones dies “Have you ever seen the rain” – By Des Kelly Business to get $800m in government’s digital push-by Phillip Coorey Pirate Life and Dilmah partners to produce alcoholic beverages SL’s first ever homegrown electric bicycle ‘Rhoda’ hits local streets Coronavirus: ‘We’re Australian but we’re trapped in the UK’-By Mary O’Connor Nine Arch Bridge – spectacular architectural marvel in Ella –By Arundathie Abeysinghe Your fingernails may give clues to underlying disorders-by Dr Harold Gunatillake Sri Lankan priest builds houses for the poor-by Quintus Colombage Annual General meeting of the S.Thomas’ College Old Boys’ Association, New South Wales Branch Inc The Jetliners–courtesy of Patrick Ranasinghe Fighting the Fires of Climate Change Through Art-by Anoma Wijewardene Living in the Present – ...

Mervyn Rodrigo was a fine cricketer and athlete-by Upananda Jayasundera Mervyn Rodrigo Source:Dailynews Mervyn Rodrigo, former Outstation Schoolboy Cricketer produced by St. Sylvesters’ College, Kandy is a rare person who was equally good in sports as well as studies and he became a graduate in Science at the University of Peradeniya. He was able to score five centuries and among them are against Carey College, Colombo, Maliyadewa College, Kurunegala and St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota, hence he was selected as the first Outstations Schoolboy cricketer. He started his cricket career at the age of 14 years under the coaching of Robert Wright and Chandra de Silva and he had the opportunity to captain the School Cricket team along with Maithri Rajapakse, Jagath Wijesekera (who became Doctors in Medicine later on) Neville Herathge, Hinton Karunathillake and Jerry Alexander to name a few. ...