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Part 42 Sus New Zealand Were Played Wednesday 16th February 2011 15 The 1975 Sri Lanka World Cup squad: Standing from left to right: Bandula Warnapura, Anura Ranasinghe, Denis Chanmugan, Tony Opatha, Ajit de Silva, Lalith Kaluperuma and Duleep Mendis. Seated from left to right: D. S. de Silva, Mevan Peiris, Ranjit Fernando, Anura Tennakoon (Captain), K. M. T. Perera (Manager), Michael Tissera, David Heyn and Sunil Wettimuny. flying colours, running to the top and back in good time. We were fighting fit. Then we had cricket training at Radella and we were put through the paces by Bertie Wijesinghe, who was an outstanding coach. Although the grounds were picturesque with the hills and the tea bushes looking down on it, the short boundaries were rather deceiving because we all believed we could hit long sixes when the balls landed on the tea bush- es. I remember, despite the shoe string budg- et, we were sent to England a few weeks before the competition and were stationed in London at the Ceylon Students’ Centre. You know, it was a far cry from the luxuries cricketers are having today.Anyhow, the musty interiors, the leaking roof and the cramped dormitory for accommodation did not dampen our spirits at all. We ran through the streets of London and did jerks at Hyde Park with no trainer or coach for guidance. Question: Did you play sufficient warm-up games ahead of the tourna- ment? Ranjit Fernando: There were a num- ber of club games, including one in a public park lined at the start. But once we were official guests, two practice matches against some counties and two unofficial ODIs ver- Part 42 sus New Zealand were played. We per- formed very well in all these and on a per- sonal note, I remember, carrying out my bat “I remember going to Nuwara Eliya to making 98 against the Hadlee brothers acclimatise to the cold. We had a training camp (Richard and Dayle). In 1975, you see, we Ranjit Fernando had 60 overs per innings and it was some- there. The lodgings were in a dormitory at the army thing new to us. Also, they didn’t have the present ‘wide’ rule on the leg side, which BY REX CLEMENTINE particularly after the triumph in 1996? barracks and amenities sparse. There was no hot was also disadvantageous to teams like us, Ranjit Fernando: It’s quite huge. I have as we didn’t possess the express fast anjit Fernando in his prime was one seen the euphoria grow from rather humble water mind you. We travelled from Colombo to bowlers, who got away with a high percent- of the hardest hitters of the cricket beginnings in 1975 to the almost maddening Nuwara Eliya in a sponsored bus and half way age of deliveries down the leg side. Rball and represented the country in frenzy that we see today.In the first World Question: Who were the characters the inaugural Cricket World Cup in 1975 in Cup, there was a lot of interest in the UK through it broke down. We were stranded for some in that side? England. He was surprisingly left out of the among the Sri Lankans there, as it was the Ranjit Fernando: Well, like in all teams, 1979 tournament, and after the snub, he first time that a Ceylon or Sri Lanka team hours. Climbing Piduruthalagala was the final chal- we had our share of characters. They were retired. was visiting that country.Well, we did miss all great fun, never shying a laugh at some- Since then, Fernando has functioned as out on a fully-fledged tour of England with lenge of our fitness regime and we all came out with one else’s expense and it is hard to single a coach, selector and cricket commentator 16 first class matches in 1966, because the flying colours, running to the top and back in good anyone out. But from a cricketing angle, I and was the Manager of the side during the selectors picked themselves. That’s beside could without any hesitation say that we had turbulent tri-nation series in Australia in the point. But at that time, England proba- time. We were fighting fit.” one of the finest batting line-ups, and man to 1998/99. He has also seen more World Cups bly had the largest Sri Lankan community man, even if I may say so, could be put on than any other ex-cricketer, having man- living outside the country and for them this par with some of the best batting our coun- aged the side in 1992 and doing commentary was something they had waited for a long try has had at any time; for talent, class and stints during the 1996, 2003 and 2007 World time. They were truly proud to be a part of the team for the main event, the prepara- batting line-up consisting of Roy style. That was an awesome side. We had Cups. it. At the Surrey Oval, it was emotional to tions had to be funded by our board, which Fredericks, Viv Richards, Rohan Kanhai, Wettimuny (Sunil), myself, Tennekoon, In today’s ‘Memorable World Cup see thousands of Sri Lankans in the packed was, at that time, hardly an affluent body. Clive Lloyd, Alvin Kallicharran and we Tissera, Heyn, Duleep Mendis, Warnapura Moments’, Ranjit Fernando speaks on how stands proudly waving their Lion flags and Generous benefactors came to our aid both made 320 odd. Our confidence therefore was and Anura Ranasinghe. Then the all- the Cricket World Cup grew over the years, singing old Sri Lankan favourite songs, at home and abroad and we prepared in quite high and this kept us greatly motivat- rounders D. S. de Silva, Opatha, Kaluperuma since its inception in 1975, the strenuous which reverberated all over the grounds. earnest. There was physical training in the ed. and Mevan Peiris were very competent training the team underwent prior to leav- Momentum gathered in the following World mornings at six, then back to work and Question: How did the team prepare wielders of the willow. All had styles of their ing for England for the inaugural World Cups for sure, but 1996 changed the face of training again in the evenings. The days ahead of the tournament? own, but also had perfect technique, with Cup, which included a hill climb to Sri Lankan cricket. The Cricket World Cup were long and weary,but no one com- Ranjit Fernando: I remember going to Wettimuny straight from the text book. Piduruthalagala, the camaraderie that exist- is now probably the most looked forward to plained. Nuwara Eliya to acclimatise to the cold. We There were no helmets and the parapherna- ed between opposition teams those days and sporting event in the lives of any Sri Our cricket in the late 1960s and ’70s was had a training camp there. The lodgings lia of today.A big heart and guts were the lots more. Lankan. The very fact that little Sri Lanka only form of protection. has stood tall against the more senior crick- in great shape. We had a fair amount of were in a dormitory at the army barracks overseas competitions and had played very and the amenities were sparse. There was Question: What was it like to rub Here are the excerpts: eting nations and has made its presence felt well against India and Pakistan, giving both no hot water, mind you. We travelled from shoulders with some of the all time Question: You took part in the inau- at almost every World Cup, being semi-final- teams quite a scare. The West Indians, who Colombo to Nuwara Eliya in a sponsored greats of the game? gural World Cup in England in 1975 and ists, runners-up and winners. Now that the were arguably the best in the world, visited bus and half way through, it broke down. Ranjit Fernando: We knew some of the have seen some of the recent World tournament is being co-hosted by us, the us under Clive Lloyd, after a tour of India, We were stranded for some hours. Our fit- Indian and Pakistan cricketers well, but we Cups too as a television commentator. country is buzzing with excitement and just before the World Cup, and after holding ness venue was the Race Course and most had hardly played against any of the oth- How much has the World Cup grown anticipation and no one wants to be left out. them to a draw in the first unofficial ‘Test’, often, we ran alongside the horses. Climbing ers who were dominating world cricket at over the years? Question: How did you all feel when we gave them a rude shock in the second, Piduruthalagala was the final challenge of the time. It was a World Cup, and despite Ranjit Fernando: Well, it has grown Sri Lanka was invited for the inaugural getting them all out for 130 odd. They had a our fitness regime and we all came out with what anyone may say,there was no quarter into monumental proportions. It has now World Cup in England? asked for or given on the field of play. extended to a much larger number of coun- Ranjit Fernando: Well, for me and While we were not intimidated by the big tries with cricket becoming a truly global many others, given our outstanding cricket names, I am sure the huge reputations of sport. While the prize money and other lineage and history,it was not a surprise some of them had some impact. In those financial gains attached to it have con- when the ICC decided to invite us to play in days, teams always visited the dressing tributed to the enormous interest that is the first World Cup.
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