Mahesh Rodrigo

Mahesh Rodrigo
Personal information
Full name Mahesha Rodrigo
Role Batsman/Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
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.

He was educated at Royal College and played for the First XI Cricket team and 1st XV rugby union team where E.V. Pieris was a team mate. 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.

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