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It is the oldest cricket match series in the central province and the second oldest in Sri Lanka, having been played since 1893. [11] [12] The Battle of the Blues (Matara) has been played between St. Thomas' College, Matara, and St. Servatius' College Matara since 1900. [13] [14] [15] Over the years, many other Big Matches have been established.
The Battle of the Blues (Also known as Royal–Thomian Cricket Encounter) is an annual Big Match in Sri Lanka played between Royal College, Colombo and S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia since 1879. It is known as The Battle of the Blues due to the colours of the two school's flags i.e. blue , gold and blue of Royal College and blue , black and ...
The R. Premadasa Stadium was also one of the three grounds in Sri Lanka that hosted matches for the 1996 Cricket World Cup. The other two were the Asgiriya Stadium and the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground. [6] The R. Premadasa Stadium was the venue for the match in 1997 where Sri Lanka scored a record 952 runs for 6 wickets against India. [7]
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 15 July 2015: 4 271.43 Sanath Jayasuriya: 76 28 Singapore Cricket Club Ground, Singapore, Singapore 7 April 1996: 5 260.00 Ashan Priyanjan: 39* 15 Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka 23 August 2014: Last updated: 7 September 2021 [125]
The Lanka Premier League (abbreviated as LPL; Sinhala: ලංකා ප්රිමියර් ලීග්, Tamil: லங்கா பிரீமியர் லீக்) is a professional franchise cricket league established in 2020 in Sri Lanka. Matches are played using the Twenty20 cricket format by five teams named after Sri Lankan ...
India played a tour match against the Sri Lankan Board President's XI on 15 August, which they won by 2 wickets. The President's XI had scored 240, and the Indians responded with 243 for 8 wickets in 49.3 overs, with 95 runs coming from Rahul Dravid. [ 13 ]
The 1999 Aiwa Cup was a triangular ODI cricket competition held in different venues across Sri Lanka from 22 to 31 August 1999. [1] It featured the national cricket teams of India, Sri Lanka and Australia. The tournament was won by Sri Lanka, who defeated Australia in the final. [2] [3]
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. Hasan Mahmud (Ban) made his Test debut. Sri Lanka's score of 531 in the first innings was the highest total in a Test innings without a century. [38] Mominul Haque (Ban) became the fourth Bangladeshi player to complete 4000 runs in Tests. [39] World Test Championship points: Sri Lanka 12, Bangladesh 0