| 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.