{"id":74654,"date":"2021-10-03T12:19:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T12:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=74654"},"modified":"2021-10-03T12:19:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T12:19:55","slug":"former-ananda-captain-ruwan-perera-no-more-leaves-behind-a-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/former-ananda-captain-ruwan-perera-no-more-leaves-behind-a-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Ananda captain Ruwan Perera no more, leaves behind a legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Former Ananda captain Ruwan Perera no more, leaves behind a legacy<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74655 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Ananda-College-cricket-team-of-1976-e1633263430289.jpg\" alt=\"Ananda College cricket team of 1976\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/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=\"http:\/\/www.sundayobserver.lk\/2021\/09\/26\/sports\/former-ananda-captain-ruwan-perera-no-more-leaves-behind-legacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sundayobserver<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>The Ananda College cricket team of 1976: Seated from left: Saliya Witharana, Thilan Wijesinghe, Priyal Perera (Vice-Captain), Ruwan Perera (Captain), Sidath Wettamuny, Kushil Gunasekara, Gihan Karunaratne. Standing from left: Saman Kohomange, Dhammika Perera, Anura de Silva, Keerthiraj Perera, Lalith Hewavitharane, Mahendra Samararatne, Prasanna Amarasinghe, Senaka Ekanayake, Hemakantha Ekanayake, Kolitha Nilaweera. Absentees: Prasanna Karunathileke, Tilak de Silva<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Former Ananda College cricket captain Ruwan Perera passed away last month and will be remembered by both team-mates and rivals for the gritty centuries he scored against top teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Ruwan was known to many as the flamboyant cricketer who lived next to Salgado Bakery in Maradana. He captained junior and first-eleven cricket teams of Ananda College in the 70s and the first team of the Burger Recreation Club in the 80s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Some who played with and against him still speak of the gritty centuries he scored against top teams. Others who befriended him later in life think that he had a good entrepreneurial knack.<\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sundayobserver.lk\/sites\/default\/files\/u30\/pg23-1_11.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"block-inject-1\" class=\"block-inject block-inject-1\">\n<div id=\"block-block-58\" class=\"block block-block clearfix\">\n<div class=\"content\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Ruwan Perera<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He identified a niche in the market based primarily on his instincts and desire to be independent and developed a business he enjoyed leading. He was never shy to seek knowledge or advise from anyone to improve that business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Socially, he entertained friends with his tales of adventure that amaze some of us to this day. However, behind the macho persona, Ruwan was more than a cricketer, adventurer and businessman. He was a compassionate, respectful and grateful human being. He never hesitated to pull out his wallet to help someone in need.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In recent years, his hobby was reading the newspapers from front to back. He was well informed on matters ranging from economics to sports and enjoyed discussing any topic, but politics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He had the memory of an elephant. On my last visit to his house in April 2021, I was accompanied by two friends, one of whom Ruwan had not seen for nearly three decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">With a few leading hints, Ruwan recognized this friend and went on to relate details about him that he himself faintly recalled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Ruwan was not one to brag about his cricketing career or unjustifiably criticize and blame others. Some paths he followed and choices he made may not have taken him to the places he wished to be in. But, up to the time of his passing, he had a positive outlook and never looked back. That, I believe, helped him traverse the many peaks and valleys in his life\u2019s journey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Be that as it may, I am sure that most people will consider themselves lucky to have either met Ruwan or had him as a friend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Prianka Nalin Seneviratne<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Ananda captain Ruwan Perera no more, leaves behind a legacy Source:Sundayobserver The Ananda College cricket team of 1976: Seated from left: Saliya Witharana, Thilan Wijesinghe, Priyal Perera (Vice-Captain), Ruwan Perera (Captain), Sidath Wettamuny, Kushil Gunasekara, Gihan Karunaratne. Standing from left: Saman Kohomange, Dhammika Perera, Anura de Silva, Keerthiraj Perera, Lalith Hewavitharane, Mahendra Samararatne, Prasanna [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":74655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[29880,37632,37638,37633,37639,37634,37635,37636,37631,37637,37640],"class_list":{"0":"post-74654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"tag-anura-de-silva","9":"tag-dhammika-perera","10":"tag-hemakantha-ekanayake","11":"tag-keerthiraj-perera","12":"tag-kolitha-nilaweera-absentees-prasanna-karunathileke","13":"tag-lalith-hewavitharane","14":"tag-mahendra-samararatne","15":"tag-prasanna-amarasinghe","16":"tag-saman-kohomange","17":"tag-senaka-ekanayake","18":"tag-tilak-de-silva","19":"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>Former Ananda captain Ruwan Perera no more, leaves behind a legacy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Ananda College cricket team of 1976: Seated from left: Saliya Witharana, Thilan Wijesinghe, Priyal Perera (Vice-Captain), Ruwan Perera\" \/>\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=\"Former Ananda captain Ruwan Perera no more, leaves behind a legacy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ananda College cricket team of 1976: Seated from left: Saliya Witharana, Thilan Wijesinghe, Priyal Perera (Vice-Captain), Ruwan Perera\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/former-ananda-captain-ruwan-perera-no-more-leaves-behind-a-legacy\/\" \/>\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=\"2021-10-03T12:19:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Ananda-College-cricket-team-of-1976-e1633263430289.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"338\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\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\/former-ananda-captain-ruwan-perera-no-more-leaves-behind-a-legacy\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/former-ananda-captain-ruwan-perera-no-more-leaves-behind-a-legacy\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"eLanka admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/f6e635b74ab35ef88a68a9973cacc5bd\"},\"headline\":\"Former Ananda captain Ruwan Perera no more, leaves behind a legacy\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-03T12:19:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/former-ananda-captain-ruwan-perera-no-more-leaves-behind-a-legacy\/\"},\"wordCount\":468,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/former-ananda-captain-ruwan-perera-no-more-leaves-behind-a-legacy\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Ananda-College-cricket-team-of-1976-e1633263430289.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Anura de Silva\",\"Dhammika Perera\",\"Hemakantha Ekanayake\",\"Keerthiraj Perera\",\"Kolitha Nilaweera. 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