Sylvester Dias (9 February 1937 – 1 December 2013) was a Sri Lankan

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er. He played

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Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

between 1964 and 1968.

References

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"Sylvester Dias: An Appreciation of Cricketer and Person"
by Sa'adi Thawfeeq in ''

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