00:00Ronald D. Elvis, a tall and skillful wicketkeeper from Sri Lanka, had a constant competition
00:06with Amal Silva for the No. 1 spot behind the stump.
00:09While D. Elvis was known for his sharp wicketkeeping skills, Amal Silva was the stronger batsman
00:15which often gave him the edge in the team selection.
00:45With 26, and here's Lily to bowl now to the middle, wraps him on the pad, loud appeal, gesticulating,
00:56a lot of histrionics by the Australian fielders, umpire Felsinger, completely unmoved, with
01:03now bowl to D. Elvis, bowls to Elvis, and Elvis hits this in there, he's going to be caught
01:12or no. Hogg, rather slow on the field, can't get under it. Yardley, once more to Yardley,
01:25again taken on the pad, down to border, the end of a very good over from Yardley, a maiden
01:31over, the sixth ball by him, his ball 20 over, six maidens, 77 runs, four wickets. Lily,
01:39bowling unchanged since lunch, just about 57 minutes of play since lunch, and here is
01:48the miss fielding there by Yallop, the batsman get a single for it. So Guy D. Elvis moving
01:54on to three, and the total to 242 for seven. Yardley to Guy D. Elvis.
02:01Well, Guy D. Elvis goes back, apparently bat and pad, good lint ball by Yardley. Two forty-seven,
02:16then for eight wickets, Sri Lanka. Two forty-seven, then for eight wickets, Sri Lanka. Two forty-seven.
02:33Sri Lanka in the first over after lunch, losing the wicket.
02:38Guy D. Elvis.
02:39Guy D. Elvis, a pall of gloom hanging over the Sri Lankan supporters, as Hogan, and this
02:59is hit in the air, but safely behind wood, as D. Elvis has a bash at it, vessels come
03:07round from deep cover, that's when we get two runs for it. Hogan to D. Elvis. And this one
03:16gets a thick outside edge, it's going down towards the boundary, chapel is behind it, and
03:21it will be picked up just inside the boundary, as we get three runs for it. So, one hundred
03:26and eighty-three for eight. D. Elvis moving on to nine. Thung on eighteen.
03:35D. Elvis. To now take strike from Yardley, change the field for D. Elvis.
04:00D. Elvis got his big break when Mahes Kunathilke left the team and he was picked for the 1982-83
04:23tour of New Zealand. He was one of the seven players making their debut in the first match
04:29at Christchurch. Unfortunately, his performance with the bat was not great. He scored only
04:340-3, although he did manage to take one catch. After that, Amal Silva was chosen from the next
04:41game. However, during the New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka, D. Elvis caught another chance
04:46and kept wickets in all three test matches. His glove work was impressive and although
04:51he scored some useful runs down the order, he could not make any big scores. A major injury
04:57during the 1984 tour of England was a big blow to his career. In his absence, Amal Silva
05:03had a brilliant test match at Lord's and kept his place with consistent performances.
05:08Whenever Amal Silva was unavailable due to the illness or injury, D. Elvis filled in and
05:13kept the wicket cleanly, but his batting did not meet the expected standards in test cricket.
05:18Interestingly, in one day international, D. Elvis proved to be a handy lower order pass man
05:23and added depth to the teams. Ronald D. Elvis was born on 15 February 1959 and sadly passed
05:30away on 12 January 2013. He represented Sri Lanka in international cricket between 1983 and 1988.
05:37Off the field, he was married to Darasen Jalvi Silva, who herself was a cricketer for the
05:42Sri Lankan women's team. In his international test career, Ronald D. Elvis played 11 test matches
05:47for Sri Lanka, scoring a total of 152 runs at a modest batting average of 10.13, with a higher
05:54score of 28. While he did not shine with the bat, his wicket keeping was solid as he took 21 catches
06:01and completed two stumpings behind the stumps. In one day international, he featured in 31 matches
06:07where he performed slightly better with the bat, scoring 401 runs at an average of 21.10, including a
06:14high score of 59. He also contributed in the field with 27 catches and three stumping in
06:21ODIs. Although his batting stats were not extraordinary, Ronald D. Elvis remained a dependable and technically
06:27sound wicket-keeper throughout his career, both for Sri Lanka and in the domestic cricket.
06:32Mastic cricket.
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