Mahesh Rodrigo

Mahesh Rodrigo

Personal information
Full name	Mahesha Rodrigo
Role	Batsman/Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1949-1952	Ceylon
Career statistics
Competition	FC
Matches	12
Runs scored	419
Batting average	19.95
100s/50s	1/0
Top score	135*
Balls bowled	18
Wickets	0
Bowling average	-
5 wickets in innings	-
10 wickets in match	-
Best bowling	-
Catches/stumpings	6/4
Source: CricketArchive, February 22 1952

Mahesha Rodrigo (born 1927 in Ceylon - 2011) was a Ceylonese sportsman who represented his country in first-class cricket and rugby union.

Rodrigo sometimes played as Ceylon's wicket-keeper and his 12 first-class appearances consisted of matches against Pakistan, the West Indies, Commonwealth XI and the Marylebone Cricket Club, amongst others.^[1] An Old Royalist, he also took the field for Ceylon in a one day match against Don Bradman's Australians in the 1947/48 season, scoring 26.^[2]

Only once in first-class cricket did Rodrigo manage a score of 50 or more and he made the most of his form, making it to 135 before he ran out of partners. It came in a match against the West Indies, who had a bowling attack to the calibre of John Goddard, Gerry Gomez, Prior Jones and John Trim. He had opened the batting and his innings took no less than 400 minutes.^[3]

He was also a highly talented rugby scrum-half who played in the Clifford Cup and captained Ceylon internationally.

External links

• Cricinfo: Mahesha Rodrigo

References

1. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Mahesha Rodrigo". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26404/First-Class_Matches.html. 
2. ^ "Ceylon v Australians 1947/48". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18400.html. 
3. ^ "Ceylon v West Indians 1948/49". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18788.html. 

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Date of birth	1927
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Date of death	2011
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