Somachandra de Silva interviewed by David Rayvern Allen

Reference

MCC/AAL/3/121

Date:

2007-11

Level of description

item

Extent

1 CD: 18 minutes 42 seconds

Part of

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

Scope and Content

1 CD, Somachandra de Silva, cricketer, interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The CD consists of 4 tracks.

Track 1: [0:00-0:24] Brief introduction by Rayvern Allen and de Silva talks about his brother, [0:25-0:37] Rayvern talks about trying to meet to de Silva, [0:38-2:09] de Silva talks about playing for Sri Lanka before and after Test status, in 3 world cups (phone rings in background) and last match at Lord's against England, [2:10-3:01] de Silva talks about learning to be a spin bowler, copying Channa Gunaskera and having little coaching, [3:02-4:29] Gunaskera talks about captaining Sri Lanka against New Zealand and made 2 half centuries in the match and his retirement, [4:30-5:29] de Silva talks about playing for Scunthorpe Cricket Club and for Lincolnshire County Cricket Club and then moved to Birmingham and played for Shropshire.


Track 2: [0:00-0:41] de Silva talks about playing with Don Wilson and qualifying for the Gillette Cup with Lincolnshire, [0:42-1:41] de Silva talks about playing for Scunthorpe Cricket Club instead of Worcestershire, [1:42-2:42] de Silva talks about moving to Australia to play professional cricket and then moved back to Sri Lanka to coach, [2:43-3:27] de Silva talks about coaching Sri Lankan U-19 teams, [3:28-4:03] de Silva talks about briefly living in England from 2003, moving back to Sri Lanka and how he likes to move about, [4:04-4:43] Rayvern Allen and de Silva talk about the de Silva name.

Track 3: [0:00-1:22] de Silva talks about the development in Sri Lankan cricket from his playing career to the present day, highlighting how they play more matches now and rise in spectators, [1:23-1:46] de Silva talks about how there are too many matches now but it is good for spectators, [1:47-2:22] de Silva talks about playing Nepal with the U-19 side and the rise in Nepalese cricket, [2:23-3:26] Rayvern Allen and de Silva talk about Burmese cricket and cricketing nations on the Asian sub-continent, [3:27-5:17] de Silva talks about his bowling methodology.

Track 4: [0:00-0:40] de Silva talks about how he bowled his different spin deliveries, [0:41-


A back-up copy of this CD is included.

Associations

Dandeniyage Somachandra de Silva
David Rayvern Allen
Channa Hemasiri Gunasekera
Sri Lanka Cricket Team
Lincolnshire County Cricket Club
Shropshire County Cricket Club

Subject

Sri Lankan cricket, cricket in Sri Lanka, Spin Bowlers, spin bowling, Nepalese cricket, Asian cricket

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 CD: 18 minutes 42 seconds

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