Stanley Jayasinghe
Sri Lankan cricketer · Sri Lanka · On the map · Athletes · Born 1931 · age 95
Stanley Jayasinghe is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played for Ceylon prior to the country being renamed Sri Lanka, and prior to them receiving either Test or ODI status. He was a right-handed batsman and part-time offbreak bowler.
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In his first-class cricket career which began in 1949/50 he also played cricket in England for Leicestershire. In 1965 he publicly refused to play against the white-only South Africans who were touring England, after his own experiences of racism playing against the South Africans in 1960. He retired in 1968/69.