Emerging from a remarkable period of school cricket at St. Peter’s, Bambalapitiya, John was one of the four Peterites playing simultaneously for Sri Lanka: Roy Dias, Rumesh Ratnayake, Amal Silva, and John. Taking five-for in WellingtonThe first Test tour: To India in 1982“Yet the most cherished moment in my career was taking five wickets at Wellington New Zealand,” John recounts. He watched me practising my throwing one day at school and invited me to the cricket team. With my built, he wanted me to bowl fast for the College team. I was in fact the first Tamil to play Test cricket for Sri Lanka.

Source: The Nation April 11, 2021 06:45 UTC