ANURA TENNEKOON’S 80TH MILESTONE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION WITH CLOSE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES … PAST CAPTAIN OF THE SRI LANKA NATIONAL CRICKET TEAM PRIOR TO SL GAINING TEST STATUS WAS A STYLISH BATSMAN AND A HIGHEST CALIBER GENTLEMAN CRICKETER … I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ASSOCIATING WITH HIM VERY CLOSELY WHILE WE BOTH WERE EMPLOYEES OF SRI LANKA CRICKET ( 2006 – 2012) … ANURA WAS THE MANAGER OF SRI LANKA “A” – TEAM REPORTING TO SL’S FIRST TEST CAPTAIN – BANDULA WARNAPURA – DIRECTOR CRICKET OPERATIONS SLC AND I WAS THE HEAD OF MARKETING SLC….
DURING THIS SAME PERIOD, THE LEGENDARY PAST CAPTAIN OF SRI LANKA – MICHAEL TISSERA WAS EMPLOYED AS THE MANAGER OF THE SL NATIONAL CRICKET TEAM … WHAT A GREAT COMBINATION OF CRICKETING KNOWLEDGE AMONG 4 LEGENDARY PAST CAPTAINS SERVING SLC’S MANAGEMENT TEAM NAMELY … DULEEP MENDIS (CEO), BANDULA WARNAPURA (DCO), MICHAEL TISSERA (MANAGER SL NATIONAL TEAM) AND ANURA TENNEKOON ( MANAGER SL “A” – TEAM) … I TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WISH DEAR FRIEND AND FORMER COLLEAGUE AT SLC – ANURA MANY MORE HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY AND GOD’S CHOICEST BLESSINGS TO HIM AND HIS CHARMING WIFE – NELUM ALWAYS 🩷💙❤️🧡💛
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