1 CD: 18 minutes 42 seconds

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.

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