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Cricket in the\u00a0desert by\u00a0Clifford Lazarus<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n

\"Cricket<\/p>\n

It was late in the evening, March 17, 1975, when former Nationalised Services and ex-Josephian cricketer, Sunitha Goonetilleke, looked anxiously to the skies for the first-ever Air Ceylon Avro charter to arrive in Oman carrying 73 Sri Lankans. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Passionate\u00a0about\u00a0cricket, Sunitha arrived in Oman in 1973, joined by\u00a0another pioneer and ex-Air\u00a0Ceylon colleague, Padma Leanage. Stationed at the Seeb\u00a0International Airport, \u00a0Sunitha made friends with cricket-crazy Afzal Chaudry from Pakistan, whose duty was to meet\u00a0staff recruited for construction firm, Skanska. \u00a0Finding common ground in the sport, the two gentlemen laid the\u00a0foundation for the first-ever cricket tournament to be launched in\u00a0the Sultanate – the\u00a0Skanska Cup! \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunitha teamed with other airline and airport staff including the late Michael Raj (former Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year and ex-St Anthony\u2019s College, Katugastota) whose brother, Charles (fondly known as CPP Raj ex-BRC), also in Oman at the time and played for Sri Lanka Under 19 before the island nation achieved test status.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cricket in\u00a0Oman was dominated by Pakistan and Indian expatriates and Sunitha\u2019s\u00a0wish for a Sri Lankan team to confront them was\u00a0taking shape, however dampened when his search revealed just two cricketers on the Avro charter: Kumar Lawrence and Clifford Lazarus, who were quickly conscripted into the fledgling squad.\u00a0 Thereafter, Sunitha sounded his airline colleagues: Vijitha Jayasinghe and Padma Leanage to scout for talent\u00a0amongst the Sri\u00a0Lankans arriving in subsequent charter flights – the new arrivals boosting numbers for the formation of Sinha CC – the Sri Lankan\u00a0representative cricket team in Oman.<\/span><\/p>\n

The inaugural cricket tournament in Oman began on November 7,1975 sponsored by Swedish construction firm, Skanska, dominated by former Pakistan first-class cricketers.\u00a0 Teams included National Bank of Oman – a mix of ex-Pakistan and Indian cricketers, Muscat Cricket Club (former Ranji\u00a0trophy players) and the newly formed Sinha CC (all former schoolboy and talented softball players).\u00a0 The\u00a0first two teams were sponsored by their employers\u00a0and Muscat CC was bank-rolled by the Gokuldas conglomerate.\u00a0 Sans sponsor or backer, \u00a0the eager Sri Lankan players pooled their resources to fund Sinha\u2019s gear and tournament fees.\u00a0 In a country\u00a0where most Omanis at the time commuted on donkeys and open pick-up trucks, Charles performed yeoman service\u00a0transporting the players for\u00a0practices and matches in his Volkswagen van while Mike tutored his\u00a0young daughters – Jackie and Sharmila in scoring duties.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The 1975 curtain raiser played at the PDO\u00a0ground in Ras al Hamra pitted tournament favourites Skanska against minnows Sinha.\u00a0 Captained by Mike Raj for their first game in the desert, the young Lankan team won many hearts and fans with their daredevil display of fielding, not\u00a0afraid to dive in the desert sand.\u00a0 Rashid, Perry Tissavirasingham, Tilak Wekunagoda, Dharmasiri Ehelepola and Jayantha Jeevaratnam led the cheering squad reminiscing the\u00a0\u201cbig match\u201d\u00a0scene of Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n

Charles Raj set the ground alight with a fantastic allround display supported by the bowling of\u00a0Sunitha Goonetilleke and the heroics of Kumar Buell and Sathikumar Fonseka.\u00a0 Charles unleashed his repertoire of strokes to the delight of all fans, his team\u00a0rallying around him as Sinha pulled off a stunning upset over Skanska and repeated its success in\u00a0the second game against Muscat CC before falling at the last hurdle to eventual champions – National Bank of Oman.\u00a0 From this point onwards, Sinha was respected not only for\u00a0its cricketing prowess\u00a0but also for its sportsmanship\u00a0and\u00a0camaraderie – with the motto \u201cno matter whether\u00a0you win or lose, it is how\u00a0you play the game<\/em><\/strong>\u201d!<\/span><\/p>\n

In subsequent years Sinha went on to win several trophies in various\u00a0divisions featuring \u00a0the late Bandula de Silva (Cambrian and ex Colts), Anton Benedict, Kevin Balthazaar, Rohan Wijesinghe, Chandana Fonseka, Ranjithkumar Benjamin, \u00a0late Sandy Hamid, Suraj Fernando, Philip Navaratne, Kasi Navaratnam, late Rex Fernando (St Benedicts\u00a0and Adastrians), Lalith Fernando, Dilip Iddamalgoda, Gratian Karunaratne, Boni Fernando, Frank Hubert (St Peter\u2019s and BRC), Darrel Brohier, Maurice Steinwall,\u00a0Desmond Young, Tissa Dias, Lateran Fernando, Suraj Fernando, Anoja Tillekeratne, Tiny Mohothar, Primus Denipitiya, Desmond don Paul, Lloyd Patternott, Patrick Jansz, Gale de Kauwe, Jagath Perera, Sujeewa Dahanayake, Vasantha Hettiarachchi, Andre Spittel, Cholomondoley Abeysuriya, Romesh de Silva, Rohan Goonetilleke, Sriyantha Premachandra,\u00a0 Sriyantha Fernando, L.A.W. de Silva, Rangajeewa Perera, Nalinda Karunaratne, Gihan Karunaratne, Brian Dissanayake, Lalith Soysa, Ricardo Wickremasinghe, Quintus Ratnam and Madhawa Warnapura – to name a few.\u00a0 An abundance of talent also led to the formation of Sinha \u201cB\u201d led by the indefatigable Desmond don Paul, whose shrewd cricketing brain earned the team many titles in lower divisions.\u00a0 The Old Joes and Old Petes too played five encounters – the first two in 1984 and 1985, won by the Joes, and on its revival in 2012, the Petes won three encounters in 2012, 2013 and 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

The mantle of\u00a0keeping the team going over the years fell on the shoulders of former Sri Lankan national football player, Suraj Fernando, who ensured Sinha\u2019s continued presence in the Premier division, winning many trophies, until his departure to Sri Lanka in 2018, after which Sinha wound up.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, despite not fielding a Sri Lankan team, the island nation\u2019s contribution to Oman cricket continues with Duleep Mendis, the current coach of the Oman national team, who has enabled the gulf state to\u00a0 gain Test status and also to play in the qualifying rounds for the next limited World Cup tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n

(Clifford Lazarus –\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>was in Oman from 1975 to 2014<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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