Malcolm Perera – began his cricketing career at St. Sylvester’s College Kandy in the mid 1960’s and was one of the top cricketers produced by that school. . Malcolm first played cricket for his school in the mid 1960s under the guidance of the late Bertie Nillegoda. . He also excelled in Football and hockey. A right-hand batsman, he scored heavily for his school and was one of the best batsmen- during that time.
He is one of the most senior cricket coaches in the island. He helped his school a lot in cricket coaching for years and later coached Kingswood College.He has also coached and captained Kandy Cricket Club and Kandy Youths Cricket Club at Sara Trophy cricket before the days of the Premier League. .
His first job was playgrounds instructor at the Kandy Municipal Council and from there he went on to the sports section of the Peradeniya University where he was attached to the Physical Education Department. where he gave a big hand in playing and coaching too.
His first assignment at Sri Lanka Cricket was as junior national coach 1994. He served SLC’s executive committee during 1984 under the late Gamini Dissanayake and after leaving SLC as its director of coaching he joined CSN sports network as project director. His last assignment in Colombo was with Sri Lanka Ports Authority as head of CSR and in charge of the SLPA Premier Division cricket team.
As a level four qualified cricket coach he had a stint at St.Sylvester’s College for 14 years, Trinity College for three years and Kingwood College for nine years. He had the privilege of leading Kandy CC, Kandy Youth SC and the Central Province teams at major tournaments organized by the Board of Control for Cricket as they were known at that time. He was also a qualified cricket and hockey umpire and a qualified coaching instructor. He was the man who started the Kandy Youth Cricket Club.
During his schooldays, he was an opening bat and his opening partner was the late TE Badurdeen and later as the coach of his school he played a big role in moulding top players. Malcolm’s prowess as a coach was spotted by Australian cricket coaches Les Lenham and Peter Philpott.
He also topped the marks in the coaches’examination. Having held the post of Director of Coaching at Sri Lanka Cricket for nearly 10 years, Malcolm went over to Bangladesh to assume duties as the junior National coach where he once again stamped his class. On his return to the country, he was appointed Manager Coaching at Sri Lanka Cricket and later to the Cricket Development section where he contributed immensely for the development of cricket especially in the provinces. Currently he is involved with Kandy District Association in coaching.
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