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    “BRADMAN OF OLDE CEYLON” – By Des Kelly    Names come and go, but some live on forever. This is one that will never be forgotten as long as Cricket is played in what is now Sri Lanka. Mahdevan Sathasivam was not just a top Cricketer, he was an entrepreneur who loved  organizing entertainment in general, for thousands of cricket fans who would flock around, just to get a glimpse of him, never refusing to sign autographs and obviously loving every minute of keeping his fans happy.  He was quite a Character, born in 1915, and dying in 1977, aged 61 & a half years, was named by Garry Sobers as the best batsman on Earth, and South Africa’s Captain,,the great Frank Worrell said of “Satha”, “he is the best batsman that I have ever seen”.            I am not sure about the reason, maybe ...