1 CD: 25 minutes 15 seconds

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.

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