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Michael Tissera: A Lifetime of Grounded Achievement-by Krishantha Prasad Cooray<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

Source:<\/span><\/strong>Thuppahis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Krishantha Prasad Cooray,\u00a0i<\/strong>n\u00a0The Island<\/em><\/strong>,<\/em>\u00a0\u00a07 April 2024<\/a>, where the title runs thus:\u00a0\u201c<\/strong>Michael Tissera at 85: Gentlemen\u2019s gentleman\u201d\u00a0\u2026.. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Michael Tissera with his children and grandchildren<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

When people who have the same first name meet up, there\u2019s 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\u2019 College, Mt Lavinia. The first of course is the bigger name associated with the gentleman\u2019s game.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>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: \u2018Yes Michael, as I was telling Michael\u2026but Michael, when I explained to Michael, Michael kind of agreed, but then again Michael\u2026\u2019 And it went on!<\/span><\/p>\n

This is about one of them. Tissera. Michael Tissera, known to all cricket lovers or, well, perhaps those who followed the game long before the heroics of Aravinda, Roshan, Arjuna, Murali, Sanga etc., long before Sri Lanka obtained test status; Michael Tissera, who celebrated his 85th birthday on March 23; and attending of which celebration was a privilege and an honour.<\/span><\/p>\n

Living mostly overseas and having to deal with the day-to-day matters, popping in and out of Sri Lanka was not an option for me. And yet, I do make an effort to take a few days off for the Royal-Thomian, which was held a couple of weeks before Michael\u2019s birthday party. I am big on the Big Match, but this was not a tough choice. Michael took precedence. I accepted the invitation he so kindly sent me.<\/span><\/p>\n

I spent many happy days at the Tissera residence down Sudarshana Mawatha in Nawala and in fact grew up with his two younger children, Simone and Dirk (who also played for STC). Simone eventually ended up getting married to our mutual friend Varuna Botejue popularly known as \u2018Botty\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, he was Uncle Michael to me and his wife was Aunty June. They treated me like a son and were always there to pick me up when I tripped through the difficult teenage years when, typically, a boy is not as strong as he thinks and is brought down to earth by that very over-confidence.<\/span><\/p>\n

In later years I realized that he wasn\u2019t just being kind to a friend of his children.\u00a0Uncle Michael has always been a good friend, a god-fearing man made for a crisis because he was sober, principled and absolutely loyal.<\/strong>\u00a0I particularly remember a day when there was a tsunami warning; he knew I was living in Mt Lavinia at the time and wanted me to bring my family to his place in Nawala. He went out of his way for friends. That was second nature to him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Uncle Michael, ruggedly handsome, was always smartly dressed. He was prim and proper. He was extremely methodical and punctual. He respected other people\u2019s time and never used words unnecessarily. It went with his general attitude towards life and work.\u00a0Neat, proper and the highest standards of integrity.<\/strong>\u00a0This is why he was and is respected by one and all, in the cricketing community and in the business circles he moved in.<\/span><\/p>\n

He fervently believed that a more compassionate, equal and sustainable Sri Lanka was possible and affirmed these convictions in whatever he did. He did an honest job and conducted his affairs with humility that matched his skill and overall moral code, never engaging in idle gossip or mudslinging and never suffering those who did. This is perhaps why he commanded respect on and off the field, whether as captain (of his school or country), as the Chairman, Cricket Board or a selector. And he left it all in the relevant forum; he knew we were all cricket-crazy, but never\u00a0compromised the confidentiality associated with the positions he held in the Cricket Board.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

His sporting achievements are rare. People associate him with cricket,\u00a0but\u00a0he actually won school colours in four other sports at St Thomas\u2019 \u2014 tennis, athletics, soccer and swimming<\/strong>.\u00a0Those who were privileged to witness his sporting exploits outside of cricket would no doubt testify to the grit he displayed and the highest standards of sportsmanship he maintained.<\/span><\/p>\n

Professionally, he was a tea taster. He was the Tea Director at Brooke Bonds Ceylon Ltd and Senior Tea Director at Tea Tang (Pvt). He left Tea Tang when he was appointed as the Manager of the national cricket team, rejoining later as Chairman.\u00a0Those in the industry would know best his accomplishments, but I have no doubt that he would have left the unmistakable signatures of the work ethic, principles and genial ways that have made him such a treasure to his family and friends.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The event, that\u2019s his birthday party, was enchanting of course. He was kind to me, as he was kind to everyone. Today, as I reflect on that event and the life and accomplishments, we all celebrated even though felicitation of that kind was probably the last thing on his mind, I tell myself that there are cricketers and gentlemen, but\u00a0gentleman cricketers are rare.<\/strong>\u00a0Michael Tissera is one, for so many reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was Michael Tissera\u2019s 85th birthday. It was more than that, but\u00a0such is his stature that a mere note such as this could never do justice to his monumental and yet gentle personality.<\/strong>\u00a0I simply wish him good health, good cheer, and all that he would consider to be the choicest blessings in life.<\/span><\/p>\n

***\u00a0 ****<\/span><\/p>\n

NOTES from THE EDITOR, Thuppahi:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A: I considered the use of this title: \u201c\u00c4rise, Sir Michael.\u201d But that spin would have traduced Krishantha Cooray\u2019s balanced appraisal of Michael Tissera as person, leader of men & women, sportsman, outstanding cricketer, cricket selector and manager of teams in his retirement.<\/span><\/p>\n

B: I do not present this \u2018speech\u2019 as a Thomian; or a person from Colombo. I first met Michael as a \u2018\u00e7ombatant\u2019\u00a0 when he played for the NCC\u00a0 against Peradeniya University in the mid-late 1960s. But it was only when I engaged in writing on cricket after the controversial Australian campaign against Muralitharan and Sri Lanka from 1995\/96 onwards that I got to know him as a person. It is then that our friendship matured. \u2026. and my respect for his balanced assessments of the world grew.<\/span><\/p>\n

C: There is one important \u00f3mission\u2019 in Prasad Cooray\u2019s excellent survey: a detailed reference to\u00a0Michael Tissera\u2019s astute reading of batting conditions during Ceylon\u2019s unofficial Test match against India at Ahmedabad across the year end 1964 into year 1965.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Nirgunan Tiruchelvam has provided the world with a clinical analysis of the manner in which the game unfolded: one which marks captain Tissera\u2019s remarkable decision to declare Sri Lanka\u2019s first innings closed when behind the Indian total \u2014 so as to exploit pitch conditons on the morning of the next day. This enabled Darrell Lieversz, Freddie Norton & Stanley Jayasinghe to undermine the Indian batsmen in the second innings; and Sri Lanka duly won the match.<\/span><\/p>\n

This was an unofficial Test Match and the victory in fact marks the first occasion when Sri Lanka beat our giant neighbour India.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hallelujah Michael and the merry men of that squad:<\/span><\/p>\n

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L to R: Standing\u00a0\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Lasantha Rodrigo, Mano Ponniah, Sylvester Dias, Michael Tissera, Darrell Lieversz, Abu Fuard, M Devaraj, D.P de Silva, Herbert Fernando, Ranjith Fernando, Stanley Jayasinghe<\/span><\/p>\n

L to R: In front:\u00a0<\/strong>Norton Frederick, Neil Chanmugam, Trevlyne Edwards, Dhanasiri Weerasighe, Anurudha Polonowita, Lareef Idroos<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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