Tissera was born at Colombo and 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.
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Tissera 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 made his two first-class centuries in unofficial Test matches for Ceylon. The first was against India in the second unofficial Test in India in 1964–65, when he made 122 in the second innings, adding 224 for the fourth wicket with Stanley Jayasinghe.[4] The second was in the third unofficial Test in Pakistan in 1966-67, when he made 120 not out, also in the second innings.[5]
He played three ODIs in the 1975 World Cup, scoring 52 against Australia in the second match.[6] A stalwart of Sri Lankan cricket, he managed the national team between 2005 and 2007.
michael, tissera, michael, hugh, tissera, born, march, 1939, former, lankan, cricketer, played, 1975, cricket, world, deshabandu, personal, informationfull, namemichael, hugh, tisseraborn, 1939, march, 1939, colombo, ceylonbattingright, handedbowlinglegbreakin. Michael Hugh Tissera born 23 March 1939 is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in the 1975 Cricket World Cup Deshabandu Michael TisseraPersonal informationFull nameMichael Hugh TisseraBorn 1939 03 23 23 March 1939 age 84 Colombo CeylonBattingRight handedBowlingLegbreakInternational informationNational sideSri Lanka 1975 ODI debut cap 10 7 June 1975 v West IndiesLast ODI14 June 1975 v PakistanCareer statisticsCompetition ODI First classMatches 3 30Runs scored 78 1 394Batting average 26 00 28 44100s 50s 0 1 2 8Top score 52 122Balls bowled 1 474Wickets 27Bowling average 31 705 wickets in innings 110 wickets in match 0Best bowling 5 95Catches stumpings 0 15 Source Cricinfo 1 May 2016 Contents 1 School 2 International career 3 Legacy 4 References 5 External links 6 See alsoSchool editTissera was born at Colombo and 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 editTissera 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 made his two first class centuries in unofficial Test matches for Ceylon The first was against India in the second unofficial Test in India in 1964 65 when he made 122 in the second innings adding 224 for the fourth wicket with Stanley Jayasinghe 4 The second was in the third unofficial Test in Pakistan in 1966 67 when he made 120 not out also in the second innings 5 He played three ODIs in the 1975 World Cup scoring 52 against Australia in the second match 6 A stalwart of Sri Lankan cricket he managed the national team between 2005 and 2007 Legacy editTest matches between West Indies and Sri Lanka are now played for the Sobers Tissera Trophy in honour of Tissera and Gary Sobers 7 Tissera was awarded the Sri Lankan honour Deshabandu in 1987 8 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 9 10 References edit 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 India v Ceylon Hyderabad 1964 65 CricketArchive Retrieved 30 January 2020 Pakistan v Ceylon Karachi 1966 67 CricketArchive Retrieved 30 January 2020 7th Match Prudential World Cup at The Oval Jun 11 1975 Cricinfo Retrieved 30 January 2020 Sobers Tissera Trophy nations lk Archived from the original on 8 October 2015 Retrieved 8 September 2015 National Honours Presidential Secretariat Retrieved 25 January 2023 Sri Lanka Cricket to felicitate 49 past cricketers Sri Lanka Cricket Archived from the original on 6 September 2018 Retrieved 5 September 2018 SLC launched the program to felicitate ex cricketers Sri Lanka Cricket Archived from the original on 6 September 2018 Retrieved 5 September 2018 External links editMichael Tissera at Cricinfo Michael Tissera at CricketArchive Michael Tissera The man who gave his name to West Indies Sri Lanka Test series See also editSobers Tissera Trophy Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael Tissera amp oldid 1188302526, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
