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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 ...
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.
In 1956, Sri Lanka played its first international match against Australia's national team in Sri Lanka. [10] In 1972, the Netball Federation of Sri Lanka was created. [10] In 1983, Netball Federation of Sri Lanka was dissolved by the government. [10] England's record against Ceylon in international matched between 1949 and 1976 was one win. [11]
Kingswood College maintains close ties with their home-town rival school, Dharmaraja College, with whom they play the annual Dharmaraja–Kingswood Cricket Encounter, also known as Battle of the Maroons, [38] [39] which is the one of the oldest annual cricket match in Sri Lanka and the oldest in Kandy region.
In the first match, Sri Lanka thrashed UAE by 116 runs. Avishka Gunawardene, whose fine 73 helped Sri Lanka to 239 was enough for the win, and UAE's batsmen were easily dismissed for 123 in 47.5 overs. [99] In the second match, Sri Lanka batted first and scored 282 runs with Mahela Jayawardene's fifty.
Defunct English-language newspapers published in Sri Lanka (17 P) Pages in category "English-language newspapers published in Sri Lanka" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
In that group stage match Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets. Including that they also met each other twice in 2009 ICC World Twenty20, once in group stage and another in semi final. Both match were won by Sri Lanka. they won by 15 runs in the group stage and in the semi-final they eliminated West Indies from the semi-final with a dominating 57 runs win.
In rural Sri Lankan villages, an elle game was a communal activity enjoyed by the whole village despite the age or gender. It is a time to enjoy, laugh and cheer on your loved ones and neighbours as the whole village would break into teams and play the game as a tournament.