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Full name | Conroy Ievers Gunasekera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ceylon | 14 July 1920||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 29 July 2010 Colombo, Sri Lanka | (aged 90)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg-spin and googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricinfo, 28 March 2020 |
Conroy Ievers Gunasekera, sometimes spelt Gunasekara (14 July 1920 – 29 July 2010) was a Sri Lankan cricketer who played first-class cricket for Ceylon from 1949 to 1964, in the period before the country gained Test status. He captained Ceylon several times in the early 1960s. [1]
Gunasekera was educated at Royal College Colombo where he played in the Royal-Thomian encounter, starting from 1938. He entered Colombo Law College in 1940, but interrupted his legal studies to join the Ceylon Defence Force as a Second Lieutenant during World War II. [2]
He started playing cricket for the Sinhalese Sports Club under the captaincy of Fredrick C. de Saram. [2] Thereafter Gunasekera went on to play for the Ceylon team. He also represented the Commonwealth, scoring a hundred in the match Commonwealth v MCC, when he took part in a partnership of 207 with the Australian all-rounder Keith Miller. [1] He brought up his century with a six, and Miller did the same shortly afterwards. [3] Up until the 1980s he played for the SSC.
His highest first-class score was 212 for Ceylon against Madras in the annual Gopalan Trophy match in 1958–59. [1] He scored 120 and 30 against Pakistan in 1948–49. [4] With his leg-spin he took 8 for 69 and 2 for 78 for a Ceylon team against a strong Pakistan Combined Services team in 1953-54 [5] and 7 for 63 and 3 for 91 for Ceylon against Mysore in 1957–58. [6]
David Sheppard described him as "a great cricketer who would surely have played Test cricket if he had qualified for another country ... a fine, forcing batsman, driving with great power, and a good leg-spin bowler". [7]
Gunasekera joined Walker & Sons Limited as a manager and went on to serve as a director. [2] His uncle was Dr Churchill Gunasekara, who also captained the Ceylon cricket team.
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Full name | Conroy Ievers Gunasekera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ceylon | 14 July 1920||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 29 July 2010 Colombo, Sri Lanka | (aged 90)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg-spin and googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 28 March 2020 |
Conroy Ievers Gunasekera, sometimes spelt Gunasekara (14 July 1920 – 29 July 2010) was a Sri Lankan cricketer who played first-class cricket for Ceylon from 1949 to 1964, in the period before the country gained Test status. He captained Ceylon several times in the early 1960s. [1]
Gunasekera was educated at Royal College Colombo where he played in the Royal-Thomian encounter, starting from 1938. He entered Colombo Law College in 1940, but interrupted his legal studies to join the Ceylon Defence Force as a Second Lieutenant during World War II. [2]
He started playing cricket for the Sinhalese Sports Club under the captaincy of Fredrick C. de Saram. [2] Thereafter Gunasekera went on to play for the Ceylon team. He also represented the Commonwealth, scoring a hundred in the match Commonwealth v MCC, when he took part in a partnership of 207 with the Australian all-rounder Keith Miller. [1] He brought up his century with a six, and Miller did the same shortly afterwards. [3] Up until the 1980s he played for the SSC.
His highest first-class score was 212 for Ceylon against Madras in the annual Gopalan Trophy match in 1958–59. [1] He scored 120 and 30 against Pakistan in 1948–49. [4] With his leg-spin he took 8 for 69 and 2 for 78 for a Ceylon team against a strong Pakistan Combined Services team in 1953-54 [5] and 7 for 63 and 3 for 91 for Ceylon against Mysore in 1957–58. [6]
David Sheppard described him as "a great cricketer who would surely have played Test cricket if he had qualified for another country ... a fine, forcing batsman, driving with great power, and a good leg-spin bowler". [7]
Gunasekera joined Walker & Sons Limited as a manager and went on to serve as a director. [2] His uncle was Dr Churchill Gunasekara, who also captained the Ceylon cricket team.