Education
Mano Ponniah attended South. Thomas" College, Mount Lavinia, before studying engineering at the University of Ceylon.
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He played for Ceylon as an opening batsman while still a student, making his first-class debut in the Gopalan Trophy match against Madras in 1963-1964, when in 76.1 overs in the second innings he made 60 not out, Ceylon"s highest score of the match, to help Ceylon to victory by six wickets. He toured India with Ceylon in 1964-1965, playing in seven of the eight first-class matches and scoring 325 runs at an average of 25.00. He played in all three matches against India.
In 1966 he went to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, to continue his studies.
He played for Cambridge University from 1967 to 1969. His best season was 1967, when in 13 matches he scored 800 runs at an average of 36.36.
His highest score in 1967 was 98 not out against Middlesex, when he opened the innings and added 194 for the second wicket with Roger Knight. In the match against Lancashire he made 101 not out in the first innings and 67 in the second, while his team-mates made only 93 and 63 respectively.
In his last match, against Oxford University in 1969, he made 27 and 50 not out, sharing an unbroken third-wicket partnership of 123 in 92 minutes with Knight.
Ponniah worked in England until 1990, when he returned to Sri Lanka and founded the Colombo architectural firm Mano Ponniah & Associates.
