• Malalasekera was appointed by President Chandrika Kumaratunge as Chairman of the second Interim Committee of the Cricket Board in 2001

Vijaya Malalasekera, a sportsman and a sports administrator passed away on Saturday after a brief illness.   
His remains lie at the “Restpect Parlour”  and the funeral will be held today at the Borella cemetery.   

Malalasekera who was later a lawyer and top corporate executive is still being remembered by his contemporaries as a brilliant cricketer during his school days and after. After completing his studies at Royal College, Colombo, he entered Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge to study law. He played first-class cricket for the Cambridge University Cricket Club from 1966 to 1968, making 27 appearances.  

After graduating, he returned to Sri Lanka and played a few Sara Trophy games for the NCC and then shifted to the CCC.  

Later, he joined the Ceylon Tobacco Company in 1973 and soon became its Company Secretary. He served as its Director of Corporate and Legal Affairs.  

Malalasekera was appointed by President Chandrika Kumaratunge as Chairman of the second Interim Committee of the Cricket Board in 2001. Michael Tissera, Sidath Wettimuny and Kushil Gunasekera were the others in that Interim Committees. He served in that committee till 2002.