Dhansiri Weerasinghe
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| Full name | Dhansiri H. A. Weerasinghe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1936 Ceylon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 July 2020 (aged 83 or 84) Melbourne, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dhansiri Weerasinghe (1936 – 7 July 2020) was a
Weerasinghe attended
Gopalan Trophy match in 1968–69.[4]
He toured India with the
India, but with little success. He was one of the selectors who included him in the Ceylon team to tour England in 1968,[5] but the tour was cancelled just before it was due to begin.[6]
Weerasinghe married Chatra Tennakoon in 1965, and they had three daughters. They migrated to Australia in 1974.[1] He died in Melbourne in July 2020.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Weerasinghe. — Danasiri H.A.
- ^ "Dhansiri Weerasinghe". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "Mysore v Ceylon 1957-58". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "Madras v Ceylon 1968-69". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ISBN 9781472975478.
- ^ S. S. Perera, The Janashakthi Book of Sri Lanka Cricket (1832–1996), Janashakthi Insurance, Colombo, 1999, pp. 320–26.
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