Bertie Wijesinghe interviewed by David Rayvern Allen

Reference

MCC/AAL/3/96

Date:

2007-11

Level of description

item

Extent

1 CD: 29 minutes 39 seconds

Part of

David Rayvern Allen Audio Archive (MCC/AAL/3)

Scope and Content

1 CD, Bertie Wijesinghe, cricketer, interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The CD consists of 9 tracks.

Track 1: [0:00-0:23] Introduction by David Rayvern Allen, [0:24-0:58] Wijesinghe talks about how he got into cricket and watching his father and grandfather play, [0:59-1:46] Wijesinghe talks about playing cricket school and playing under highly qualified coaches, [1:47-1:59] Wijesinghe talks about mathematics in cricket, [2:00-2:56] Wijesinghe talks about being taught cricket and the lack of technique in modern game.

Track 2: [0:00- 0:36] Wijesinghe talks about technique in the modern game, [0:37-2:52] Wijesinghe talks about being taught the backlift, comparing technique to a musician and watching Jack Hobbs in Sri Lanka, [2:53-4:07] Wijesinghe talks about watching Len Hutton, Frank Woolley, Wally Hammond and Frank Worrell play in Sri Lanka, [4:08-5:04] Wijesinghe talks about the style of great batsman, how the short-forms have changed the game and calling T20 an abomination.

Track 3: [0:00-0:11] Wijesinghe compares modern cricket to baseball, [0:12-0:39] Wijesinghe talks about playing competitive school cricket, [0:40-1:59] Wijesinghe talks about playing Sri Lankan club cricket to up to crowds of 10,000 people, [2:00-3:04] Wijesinghe talks about going on tour to India with the Sinhalese Sports Club, [3:05-3:34] Wijesinghe talks about being an all-rounder and being a swing and spin bowler. [3:35-4:45] Wijesinghe talks about going into coaching after leaving school, teaching Ranjit Fernando and how he coached.

Track 4: [0:00-0:44] Wijesinghe talks about how to coach young children and the quality of playing fields, [0:45-1:29] Wijesinghe talks about some of the players he coached including Ranjit Fernando, Kumar Sangakkara and Sidath Wettimuny, [1:30-1:51] Wijesinghe talks about coaching Aruna Tennekoon, [1:51-2:30] Wijesinghe talks about spotting potential, [2:31-5:07] Wijesinghe talks about Kumar Sangakkara being a good student and stopping him playing tennis and how the techniques of the two sports aren't compatible.

Track 5: [0:00-2:48] Wijesinghe talks about teaching Kumar Sangakkara how to build an innings and his temperament, [2:49-4:51] Wijesinghe talks about how to coach a young child.

Track 6: [0:00-0:15] Wijesinghe talks about not over coaching, [0:16-0:52] Wijesinghe talks the most talented players he has coached, [0:53-2:43] Wijesinghe talks about how the game can’t return to its old styles, the batting of Mahela Jayawardne and the weaknesses of Kumar Sangakkara, [2:44-3:36] Wijesinghe praises the batting of Michael Vaughn and Kevin Pietersen, [3:37-4:35] Wijesinghe talks about coaching and fielding and praises Tillakaratne Dilshan.

Track 7: [0:00-0:14] Wijesinghe praises the fielding of Tillakaratne Dilshan, [0:15-1:23] Wijesinghe talks about stopping coaching, [1:24-1:27] silence.

Track 8: [0:00-0:30] Rayvern Allen talks about Wijesinghe starting and ending his playing career with a hat-trick.

Track 9: [0:00-0:22] Rayvern Allen talks about Wijesinghe coaching in Nottinghamshire.



A back-up copy of this CD is included.

Associations

Reginald Bertram Wijesinghe
David Rayvern Allen
Sir John Berry Hobbs
Sir Leonard Hutton
Frank Edward Woolley
Edward Ranjit Fernando
Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara
Sidath Wettimuny
Anura Punchi Banda Tennekoon
Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene
Sinhalese Sports Club
Michael Paul Vaughan
Kevin Peter Pietersen
Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan

Subject

Sri Lankan cricket, cricket in Sri Lanka, all rounders, school cricket, coaching, West Indies in England 1950, amateurs and professionals, World War, 1939-1945

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 CD: 29 minutes 39 seconds

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