Gajan Pathmanathan
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Colombo, Western Province, Ceylon
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| Full name | Gajanand Pathmanathan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 January 1954 Colombo, Western Province, Ceylon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 August 2012 (aged 58) Bethesda, Maryland, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Satyendra Coomaraswamy (Uncle) Devind Pathmanathan (nephew) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1975–1978 | Oxford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 5 September 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gajanand Pathmanathan (23 January 1954 – 29 August 2012) was a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer, active in Sri Lankan cricket prior to their elevation to Test status in 1982. He studied at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, playing first-class cricket for both and becoming one of the few people to gain a blue for both. He worked for the World Bank from 1984 until his death in 2012.
Pathmanathan was born at Colombo, where he was educated at Royal College.[1] He made his debut in List A one-day cricket for the Sri Lanka Board President's XI against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club at Colombo in February 1973.[2] He followed this up by touring India with the Sri Lanka national cricket team the following month, during which he made his debut in first-class cricket against the Kerala Chief Minister's XI at Thiruvananthapuram, with Pathmanathan also featuring against Tamil Nadu.[3] The following year he toured Pakistan with Sri Lanka, making one List A and five first-class appearances.[2][3]
After leaving Royal College, he travelled to England to study agricultural and forest sciences at University College, Oxford.[4] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University from 1975 to 1978, making 28 appearances.[3] Pathmanathan scored 1,099 runs in these 28 appearances, at an average of 22.42 and a high score of 82, one of eight half centuries he made for Oxford.[5] In addition to playing first-class cricket for Oxford, he also made ten appearances for the Combined Universities cricket team in the Benson & Hedges Cup between 1975 and 1978.[2] Returning to Sri Lanka after graduating, Pathmanathan played for the Sri Lanka Board President's XI against the touring West Indians in February 1979.[3] He studied for his master's degree in the United States at Harvard University.[4]