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Lalith Kaluperuma interviewed by David Rayvern Allen



Reference
MCC/AAL/3/119
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, Lalith Kaluperuma, cricketer, interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The CD consists of 5 tracks.

Track 1: [0:00-0:34] Kaluperuma talks about the countries he has toured, [0:35-2:19] Kaluperuma talks about dismissing Ajit Wadekar with his first ball in an unofficial Test Match, [2:20-2:45] Rayvern Allen talks about Kaluperuma's playing styles, [2:46-3:02] Kaluperuma talks about preferring fielding, [3:03-3:38] Kaluperuma talks about watching Tony Lock taking a great catch, [3:39-4:16] Kaluperuma talks about practicing his fielding with a golf ball in his childhood home, [4:17-4:40] Kaluperuma talks about his father enjoying cricket (phone rings).

Track 2: [0:00-2:01] Kaluperuma talks about going to Nalanda College and Kalutara Vidyalaya National School, getting called up to the Bloomfield Club side and his coach Gerry Gunaratne, [2:02-2:21] Kaluperuma answers the phone, [2:22-2:38] Kaluperuma talks about Gunaratne helping his batting and bowling, [2:39-3:02] Rayvern Allen compares Kaluperuma's bowling style to Ghulam Ahmed, [3:03-3:24] Kaluperuma talks about watching Indian spinners including Bishan Bedi, [3:25-3:48] Rayvern Allen talks about his enjoyment in watching spin bowling, [3:49-4:47] Kaluperuma talks about bowling partnerships and his bowling plans, [4:48-5:17] Kaluperuma talks about possible replacements for Sanath Jayasuriya.

Track 3: [0:00-0:46] Kaluperuma talks about Jayasuriya's retirement, [0:47-2:55] Kaluperuma talks about the state of modern day spin bowling and bowling mentalities, [2:56-3:27] Kaluperuma praises Anil Kumble, [3:28-4:49] Kaluperuma talks about Monty Panesar's bowling struggles in Sri Lanka.

Track 4: [0:00-0:28] Kaluperuma talks about Derek Underwood and retiring in 1983, [0:29-1:10] Rayvern Allen talks about Sri Lankan attitudes to retirement and Kaluperuma talks about helping his cricket club and Sri Lankan crickets upon his retirement, [1:11-3:38] Kaluperuma talks about his time as a selector and how the process worked, [3:39-3:58] Kaluperuma talks about doing some coaching for Sri Lankan youth teams, [3:59-4:37] Kaluperuma talks about preferring to bowl in India and being uncomfortable in England, [4:38-5:10] Kaluperuma talks about bowling at Test Match grounds in England but never at Lord's.
Associations
Lalith Wasantha Silva Kaluperuma
David Rayvern Allen
Sri Lanka Cricket Team
Ajit Laxman Wadekar
Colombo Nalanda College
Kalutara Vidyalaya National School
Gerry Gunaratne
Ghulam Ahmed
Bishan Singh Bedi
Sanath Teran Jayasuriya
Monty Panesar
Subject
Sri Lankan cricket, cricket in Sri Lanka, Spin Bowlers, spin bowling
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 CD: 25 minutes 15 seconds
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