{"id":127472,"date":"2023-12-27T17:33:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T17:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=127472"},"modified":"2023-12-27T17:33:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T17:33:47","slug":"sri-lankan-cricket-teams-test-matches-vs-netherlands-and-vs-denmark-in-1975-by-michael-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/sri-lankan-cricket-teams-test-matches-vs-netherlands-and-vs-denmark-in-1975-by-michael-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan Cricket Team\u2019s Test Matches vs Netherlands and vs Denmark in 1975-by Michael Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sri Lankan Cricket Team\u2019s Test Matches vs Netherlands and vs Denmark in 1975-<span style=\"color: #800080;\">by Michael Roberts<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88737 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Michael-Roberts-eLanka.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Roberts\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800080;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2023\/12\/27\/sri-lankan-cricket-teams-test-matches-vs-netherlands-and-vs-denmark-in-1975\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thuppahis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sri Lanka did not secure ICC cricket status till mid-1981. An important step in the progress towards this entitlement was the tour of England in mid-1975 with KMT Perera as Manager and Anura Tennekoon as skipper. The details of this tourcan be found in Michael Roberts &amp; Alfred James:\u00a0<strong>Crosscurrents. Sri Lanka and Australia at Cricket,<\/strong>\u00a0Sydney, Walla Walla Press &amp; Mobitel, 1998, pp. 88-94.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2023\/12\/27\/sri-lankan-cricket-teams-test-matches-vs-netherlands-and-vs-denmark-in-1975\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1975-SQUAD.jpg?resize=300%2C222&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Seated l-to-r<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">David Heyn, Anura Tennekoon, KMT Perera. Mihael Tissera, Ranjit Fernando<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Standing l-to-r\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Duleep Mendis, Lalith Kaluperuma,\u00a0 Sunil Wettimuny,\u00a0 Tony Opatha, HSM Pieris,\u00a0 DS de Silva, Dennis Chanmugam, Anura Ranasinghe, Bandula Warnapura<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">What is little known, however, is the fact that the same squad played two Test Matches\u00a0 \u2026. Yes,\u00a0<strong>Test Matches \u2026. against the Netherlands and against Denmark<\/strong>\u00a0as a tack-on after the exacting ODI games in England.\u00a0<strong>This aspect of the tour has been brought to my attention by one of the tour party\u00a0Mevan Pieris\u00a0who benefited from\u00a0David Heyn\u2019s assiduity\u00a0in keeping the scoring sheets depciting the outcome of these matches\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>\u00a0Michael Roberts<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>NOTE from Mevan Pieris, 26 December 2023<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">After the World Cup matches were over, the 1975 Sri Lanka team went across to Netherlands and Denmark and played an unofficial test match against these two countries for the first time. With that the tour ended.\u00a0<strong>Sri Lanka won both matches which were played on matting.\u00a0<\/strong>The scorecards may interest you. I was particularly happy with the match against Denmark as I ended up as the only Sri Lankan bowler to take 5 wickets in an innings in the entire tour. I retired from international cricket soon afterwards as I was experiencing trouble with my left knee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/437-misc42112revised-Netherlands-vs-Sri-Lanka.doc\">437-misc42112revised Netherlands vs Sri Lanka<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/misc42111Denmark-v-Sri-Lanka.docx\">misc42111Denmark v Sri Lanka<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">***************<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>ADDENDUM: Unusual Preparations for the Sri Lankan Squad\u2019s Tour of England &amp; Europe in Mid-1975:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sri Lanka\u2019s Cricketing Authorities revealed considerable enterprise in the training of the tour group. One step was directed towards their acclimatization tolay ping cricket in much colder climes.\u00a0<strong>The team was despatched to Radella near Nuwara Eliya in the high hill-country to practice in a\u00a0 chillier environment.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">These practices were marshalled with a military touch.\u00a0<strong>Raja Wickremasinghe,<\/strong>\u00a0a former Richmondite and Peradeniya University cricketer\u00a0 who was in the SL Airforce,\u00a0<strong>was employed as a kind of regimental sergeant-major to drill discipline and backbone in their practices.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">We, NOW, await amusing anecdotes about this training period from those members of the squad who are still in the land of the living.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Thuppahi is privileged \u2026 courtesy of one Anura Tennakoon \u2026. to present a unique photograph of the squad (less two well-equipped guys with cars)\u00a0<b>assembled beside a double-decker that bore them to Darrawela.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2023\/12\/27\/sri-lankan-cricket-teams-test-matches-vs-netherlands-and-vs-denmark-in-1975\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/33-sl-team-and-bus-75.jpg?resize=768%2C517&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Standing l-to-rt:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong>David Heyn, Roy Dias, sarath Fernando, Neil Perera (Asst Manager)\u2026 Raja Wickremasinghe (Fitness Trainer), KMT Perera (Manager)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Squatting l-to-right:\u00a0<\/em>Duleep Mendis, Bandual Warnapura, Ajit De Silva, Anura ransinghe, Lalith Kaluperuma, Dennis Chanmugam, DS de Silva, Ranjit Fernando, Tony Opatha, HSM Pieris<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; 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