Michael Tissera

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Michael Tissera
Personal information
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC
Matches 3 30
Runs scored 78 1394
Batting average 26.00 28.44
100s/50s 0/1 2/8
Top score 52 122
Balls bowled - 1474
Wickets - 27
Bowling average - 31.70
5 wickets in innings - 1
10 wickets in match - -
Best bowling - 5/95
Catches/stumpings 0/0 15/0
Source: , 1 May 2006

Michael Hugh Tissera (born March 23, 1939, Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played three ODIs in the 1975 World Cup competition. He was educated at the prestigious S.Thomas College in Mount Lavinia where, initially appearing in 1954 aged fourteen, he captained the Thomian cricket team at the Royal Thomian Test series which is known as The Battle of the Blues on two occasions in 1957 and 1958. He made his first-class debut the following year, in March 1959, in the annual Gopalan Trophy encounter with Madras. A stalwart of Sri Lankan cricket, he managed the national team between 2005 and 2007.

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