Shihan Wijesinghe
The 79th birth anniversary of former Minister Gamini Dissanayake falls today. Dissanayake was one of the longest serving Presidents of Sri Lanka Cricket and was instrumental in winning the nation Test status in 1981, something that he achieved at the age of 39. Dissanayake had become a Minister at the age of 35 and had many feathers in his cap from 1978 to 1989.