Anura Tennekoon interviewed by David Rayvern Allen

Reference

MCC/AAL/3/117

Date:

2007-11

Level of description

item

Extent

1 CD: 25 minutes 15 seconds

Part of

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

Scope and Content

1 CD, Anura Tennekoon, cricketer, interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The CD consists of 6 tracks.

Track 1: [0:00-0:29] Greetings and introduction by Rayvern Allen, [0:30-1:04] Tennekoon talks about playing before Sri Lanka had Test status and how many times he played for Sri Lanka, [1:05-1:10] Interview cuts out.

Track 2: [0:00-0:37] Tennekoon talks about the period he played for Sri Lanka and as captain, [0:38-1:13] Tennekoon talks about enjoying batting and making a century against MCC in 1969, [1:14-1:50] Tennekoon talks about MCC and Australian teams stopping in Sri Lanka for practice matches, [1:51-2:59] Tennekoon talks about the centuries he made including against MCC in 1969 and India in 1974, [3:00-3:36] Tennekoon talks about people comparing Mahela Jayawardene's batting style to his, [3:37-4:24] Tennekoon talks about modern batsman having more opportunities to prove themselves, [4:25-5:30] Tennekoon talks about the delay in Sri Lanka getting Test status.

Track 3: [0:00-1:04] Tennekoon talks about not being well versed with cricket history, coming from a non-cricketing family and learning to love cricket at boarding school, [1:05-2:15] Tennekoon talks about going through the Sri Lankan school system and playing St. Thomas' College, [2:16-2:59] Tennekoon about a local of socialising between players in the modern game, [3:00-3:45] Rayvern Allen talks about Alec Bedser and his friendship with Keith Miller and lack of friendship with modern opposition players, [3:46-4:09] Tennekoon talks about how the attitudes of captains and teams need to help re-establish friendlier relations with the opposition, [4:10-4:39] Tennekoon talks about Sri Lanka not having a youth side in his day, [4:40-5:11] Tennekoon talks about touring Pakistan in the 1970's and being allowed to play in world cup's.

Track 4: [0:00-0:58] Tennekoon talks about playing in the 1975 World Cup and Sri Lanka being short of experience, [0:59-2:51] Tennekoon talks about how the expression of Sri Lankan cricket has largely stayed the same and how music has made an impression on Sri Lankan cricket, [2:52-3:47] Tennekoon talks about the differences in cricket in Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan, how Sri Lanka played lively cricket, Pakistan played aggressive cricket and India more orthodox cricket, [3:48-5:13] Tennekoon talks about his captaincy and how Sri Lanka used to prepare for matches.

Track 5: [0:00-0:29] Tennekoon talks about working for Ceylon Tobacco Company and living just outside Colombo, [0:30-2:25] Tennekoon talks about managing the Sri Lanka A Team and preparing players for the senior team, [2:26-3:28] Tennekoon talks about the attitude of senior Sri Lankan players retiring to make way for new players, [3:29-4:47] Tennekoon talks about Michael Vaughn's captaincy of England.

Track 6: [0:00-1:01] Tennekoon talks about overseas bowlers struggling to adopt to Sri Lankan wickets, [1:02-1:41] Tennekoon talks about Monty Panesar's bowling on the present tour, [1:42-3:24] Tennekoon talks about if given the choice he would play in his era again.


A back-up copy of this CD is included.

Associations

Anura Punchi Banda Tennekoon
David Rayvern Allen
Sri Lanka Cricket
Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene
Sri Lanka St. Thomas' College
Michael Paul Vaughan

Subject

Sri Lankan cricket, cricket in Sri Lanka, MCC in Sri Lanka 1968-1969, Cricket World Cup 1975, music

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 CD: 25 minutes 15 seconds

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