{"id":143994,"date":"2024-10-27T05:44:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T05:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=143994"},"modified":"2024-10-27T05:44:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T05:44:17","slug":"the-gunasekara-lineage-in-ceylon-cricket-by-michael-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/the-gunasekara-lineage-in-ceylon-cricket-by-michael-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gunasekara Lineage in Ceylon Cricket &#8211; By  Michael Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The Gunasekara Lineage in Ceylon Cricket &#8211; By Michael Roberts<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88737\" 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><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Source :\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2024\/10\/27\/the-gunasekara-lineage-in-ceylon-cricket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thuppahis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/277933739075780\/user\/100015498968479\/?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZWRGqFW_va9Xpczzhmni07idG58_VEAYFCC-5LVYhM3AVkcCAPYAiJ6tK6M86S5qiftAqU82cCf5PAX6kJKxrSCYovItZz12rb-URCuqC9zwzdBn28PVsU-1DVl_H9SI52wef0JXTYNqIQFdphoKjbCsbWg2zDOhsPehsnoeJiE47IzEXHvMUKegBuBeG9R0YuuQNzieM4BXVwvBPcrrFb9&amp;__tn__=-%5dC%2CP-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alston Mahadevan<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is with\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/277933739075780\/user\/764054356\/?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZWRGqFW_va9Xpczzhmni07idG58_VEAYFCC-5LVYhM3AVkcCAPYAiJ6tK6M86S5qiftAqU82cCf5PAX6kJKxrSCYovItZz12rb-URCuqC9zwzdBn28PVsU-1DVl_H9SI52wef0JXTYNqIQFdphoKjbCsbWg2zDOhsPehsnoeJiE47IzEXHvMUKegBuBeG9R0YuuQNzieM4BXVwvBPcrrFb9&amp;__tn__=-%5dC%2CP-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johann Gunasekara \u2026.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><strong>In FACEBOOK \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/277933739075780\/?multi_permalinks=923211474548000&amp;ref=share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/277933739075780\/?multi_permalinks=923211474548000&amp;ref=share<\/a>\u00a0\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Cricketing dynasties of Ceylon Part 1 \u2013 The Gunasekaras<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">When Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon, cricket was nurtured by many outstanding cricketers and administrators including the three cricketing families, the Gunasekaras, the De Sarams and the Kelaarts. They had a significant impact from the turn of the twentieth century to the 1960s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2024\/10\/27\/the-gunasekara-lineage-in-ceylon-cricket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-140139\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/The-Gunaskera-brothers.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Sri Lanka Cricket-eLanka\" width=\"485\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2024\/10\/27\/the-gunasekara-lineage-in-ceylon-cricket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-140139\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Dr-CH-GUNASEKERA.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Sri Lanka Cricket-eLanka\" width=\"485\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Dr Churchill Hector Gunasekara<\/strong>\u00a0captained Royal College in 1912 and joined Cambridge University to study medicine. He missed becoming a Cambridge Blue due to WW1 but played county cricket when Sir Pelham \u201cPlum\u201d Warner, who captained Middlesex and England, invited him to play for Middlesex. Dr C H Gunasekara helped Dr John Rockwood to form the Ceylon Cricket Association in 1922 and formalise the cricket administration. He returned to Ceylon and captained the country in the 1930s. His brother<strong>\u00a0D.B (Danny) Gunasekara<\/strong>\u00a0captained Ceylon in 1909.\u00a0<strong>His son Channa Gunasekara<\/strong>\u00a0and his nephews C I Gunasekara and W L Mendis also played for Ceylon. Dr,D.B.Gunasekara ( son of D.B Snr) played for Ceylon against England in the early 1930s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2024\/10\/27\/the-gunasekara-lineage-in-ceylon-cricket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-140139\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Dr-CH-GUNASEKERA.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Sri Lanka Cricket-eLanka\" width=\"485\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2024\/10\/27\/the-gunasekara-lineage-in-ceylon-cricket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-140139\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CHANNA.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Sri Lanka Cricket-eLanka\" width=\"485\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Channa Gunasekara a stylish and technically correct opening batsman, played for Ceylon in the 1950s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2024\/10\/27\/the-gunasekara-lineage-in-ceylon-cricket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-140139\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CH-GUNASEKERA.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Sri Lanka Cricket-eLanka\" width=\"485\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>C I Gunasekara<\/strong>\u00a0made his international debut for Ceylon against Don Bradman\u2019s Australians in 1948. He was a hard hitting batsman who captained Ceylon from 1961 to 1964. Dr Lewis Mendis was an accomplished opening batsman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Ranjit Gunasekera, captain of the Royal College cricket team in 1968, is the grandson of D B (Danny) Gunasekara who captained Ceylon in 1909.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800000;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/elanka-newsletter-sign-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly\u00a0to\u00a0your\u00a0inbox!<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gunasekara Lineage in Ceylon Cricket &#8211; By Michael Roberts Source :\u00a0thuppahis Alston Mahadevan\u00a0is with\u00a0Johann Gunasekara \u2026.\u00a0In FACEBOOK \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/277933739075780\/?multi_permalinks=923211474548000&amp;ref=share\u00a0\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\u00a0\u00a0Cricketing dynasties of Ceylon Part 1 \u2013 The Gunasekaras When Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon, cricket was nurtured by many outstanding cricketers and administrators including the three cricketing families, the Gunasekaras, the De Sarams and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":140139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,42710],"tags":[67360,72523,72522,72521,72519,72520,637,72525,72524],"class_list":{"0":"post-143994","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"category-michael-roberts","9":"tag-ceylon-cricket","10":"tag-channa-gunasekara","11":"tag-d-b-danny-gunasekara","12":"tag-dr-churchill-hector-gunasekara","13":"tag-gunasekara-lineage","14":"tag-johann-gunasekara","15":"tag-royal-college","16":"tag-royal-college-cricket","17":"tag-royal-college-cricket-team-in-1968","18":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Gunasekara Lineage in Ceylon Cricket - By Michael Roberts - eLanka<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Gunasekara Lineage in Ceylon Cricket - By Michael Roberts Alston Mahadevan\u00a0is with\u00a0Johann Gunasekara \u2026.\u00a0In FACEBOOK \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u00a0https:\/\/www\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Gunasekara Lineage in Ceylon Cricket - By Michael Roberts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Gunasekara Lineage in Ceylon Cricket - By Michael Roberts Alston Mahadevan\u00a0is with\u00a0Johann Gunasekara \u2026.\u00a0In FACEBOOK \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u00a0https:\/\/www\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/the-gunasekara-lineage-in-ceylon-cricket-by-michael-roberts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"eLanka\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eLanka.com.au\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-27T05:44:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Sri-Lanka-Cricket-eLanka.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"285\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"275\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"eLanka admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"eLanka admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/the-gunasekara-lineage-in-ceylon-cricket-by-michael-roberts\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/the-gunasekara-lineage-in-ceylon-cricket-by-michael-roberts\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"eLanka admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/f6e635b74ab35ef88a68a9973cacc5bd\"},\"headline\":\"The Gunasekara Lineage in Ceylon Cricket &#8211; 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