Sri Lankan businessman Ravi Wijeratne's son, Rahul Wijeratne is to lead Harrow this year in their traditional cricket match against Eton at the home of cricket - Lord’s Cricket Ground on June 24.

Rahul, who is currently pursuing his studies in England, has been appointed captain of Harrow School for the current English school cricket season.

The Eton v Harrow cricket match is an annual fixture between Eton College and Harrow School and is one of the longest-running annual sporting fixtures in the world and, the only annual school cricket match still to be played at Lord’s.

In 1957 one of the finest all-round cricketers produced by Sri Lanka, Gamini Goonesena became the first Asian player to captain Cambridge University in their traditional match against Oxford University at Lord’s