Michael Tissera
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23 March 1939 Colombo, Ceylon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Legbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 10) | 7 June 1975 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 14 June 1975 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Hugh Tissera (born March 23, 1939, Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan ODI cricketer who played in the 1975 Cricket World Cup.
School
He was educated at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, where, initially appearing in 1954 aged fourteen, he captained the Thomian cricket team in the Royal–Thomian series, known as "The Battle of the Blues", in 1957 and 1958. He made his first-class debut in March 1959, in the annual Gopalan Trophy encounter between Ceylon and Madras.
International career
He captained Ceylon to its first victory over a Test-playing nation in Ahmedabad in 1965, when his bold declaration in a low-scoring match led to victory over India by four wickets.[1][2] He was selected as vice-captain for the tour of England with the Ceylon team in 1968, but the tour was cancelled just before it was due to begin.[3]
He played three ODIs in the 1975 World Cup. A stalwart of Sri Lankan cricket, he managed the national team between 2005 and 2007.
Legacy
Test matches between West Indies and Sri Lanka are now played for the Sobers-Tissera Trophy, in honour of Tissera and Gary Sobers.[4] In September 2018, he was one of 49 former Sri Lankan cricketers felicitated by Sri Lanka Cricket, to honour them for their services before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).[5][6]
References
- ↑ "India v Ceylon, Ahmedabad 1964-65". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ↑ Thawfeeq, Sa'adi. "Tissera - a leader by example". The Nation. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ↑ S. S. Perera, The Janashakthi Book of Sri Lanka Cricket (1832–1996), Janashakthi Insurance, Colombo, 1999, pp. 320–26.
- ↑ "Sobers-Tissera Trophy". nations.lk. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ↑ "Sri Lanka Cricket to felicitate 49 past cricketers". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ↑ "SLC launched the program to felicitate ex-cricketers". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
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