Almost straight from school he was picked to tour India with the Ceylon team in 1964 under Michael Tissera.
He also served as the Executive Secretary (Voluntary) of the Sri Lanka Cricket Foundation which was set up to support the needs of cricket in Sri Lanka, in keeping with its newly acquired status as a full member of the ICC.
He succeeded the first Executive Secretary Mahinda Wijesinghe and conducted the affairs of the organization for three years.
He also served as a National Selector from 1983 to 1988, and also in 2011, and was on the ICC Cricket Committee for a period, representing Sri Lanka.
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