Sports Minister donates Rs five hundred thousand for Guy de Alwis

SAJEEWA JAYAKODY

Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage donated five hundred thousand rupees from the Sports Fund yesterday for the medical expenses of former Sri Lanka Test cricketer Guy de Alwis, who is suffering from a serious illness.

The 53-year-old de Alwis represented Sri Lanka from 1983 to 1989 as a wicketkeeper batsman. He played in the 1983 World Cup tournament in England as a specialist wicket keeper. The right handed batsman played 11 Test matches for the country including the first Test match at the Bellerive Oval, Hobart in 1987, where he was involved in dismissing Australian opener Mark Taylor caught behind off Rumesh Ratnayake as the first wicket in the Bellerive Oval in 1987.

Guy de Alwis successfully coached Sri Lanka women's cricket team a few years ago. Guy de Alwis played for S Thomas' from 1976 to 1979 and later turned out for the SSC.