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Royal take four wickets, S. Thomas still 231 runs behind

17 Mar 2023 - 0     - 824

Royal College took a firm grip on the 144th Batlle of the Blues against S. Thomas’ College, picking up four Thomian wickets in the first session of the second day at the SSC grounds.


Royal College declare overnight, take early wicket

17 Mar 2023 - 0     - 1314

Royal College opted to declare their first innings in the 144th Battle of the Blues encounter against S. Thomas’ College on their overnight score of 326 for 8, before taking a wicket to edge the ear


Royal pile on the runs as Thomians strike back

16 Mar 2023 - 1     - 2243

S. Thomas’ College struck back with three wickets, but Royal College continued to pile on the runs on the first day of the 144th Battle of the Blues at the SSC grounds.


Manchanayake scores stunning century, Royal wrest away control from Thomians

16 Mar 2023 - 1     - 2494

Dasis Manchanayake became the first Royal College captain in 27 years to score a century at a Royal-Thomian encounter, as he continued to frustrate the S. Thomas’ College bowlers on the first day of


Manchanayake, Perera frustrate Thomians, Royal 186/4 at tea

16 Mar 2023 - 0     - 692

Royal College stormed back into the 144th Battle of the Blues encounter reaching the day one tea break on 189 for 4, with S. Thomas’ College going wicketless in the second session of play.


Manchanayake fashions a Royal fightback

16 Mar 2023 - 0     - 771

An excellent, fighting half-century from Dasis Manchanayake ensured Royal College clawed their way back into the 144th Battle of the Blues against S. Thomas’ College - the Royalists on 128/4 after 3


S. Thomas’ in control, Royal College 83/4 at lunch

16 Mar 2023 - 0     - 601

S. Thomas’ College took control of the 144th Battle of the Blues encounter against Royal College, accounting for four wickets in first session of play which concluded a short while ago.


Slow but steady recovery for Royal College

16 Mar 2023 - 0     - 114

Ovina Ambanpola and Dasis Manchanayake made slow but steady progress in staging a recovery with an unbroken 29-run partnership after Royal College were reduced to 19/3 earlier in the first session of


Royal College 34/3 after 10 overs

16 Mar 2023 - 0     - 503

S. Thomas’ College made a further breakthrough in the first hour of play at the 144th Battle of the Blues encounter against Royal College.


Thomians make early breakthroughs, Royal 14/2

16 Mar 2023 - 0     - 330

S. Thomas’ College took the early initiative in the 144th Battle of the Blues, dismissing both Royal College openers with just 12 runs on the board.


S. Thomas’ win the toss, opt to field

16 Mar 2023 - 0     - 421

S. Thomas’ College captain Romesh Mendis won the toss and opted to field in the 144th Royal-Thomian encounter that began at the SSC Grounds a short while ago.


Mitchell and Tickner lead New Zealand fightback against Sri Lanka

11 Mar 2023 - 2     - 1326

A stubborn century from Daryl Mitchell, a blazing 72 from Matt Henry and three wickets to Blair Tickner swung the momentum New Zealand’s way in the first Test against Sri Lanka on Saturday.


New Zealand fight back, take 18-run first innings lead

11 Mar 2023 - 2     - 844

New Zealand were all out for 373 to lead Sri Lanka by 18 runs on the first innings on day three of the first Test in Christchurch on Saturday, on the back of Daryl Mitchell’s century and a stunning


LPL season 4 likely to be played in July-August

10 Mar 2023 - 0     - 833

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) are targeting the months of July and August to conduct the fourth season of the Lanka Premier League (LPL), with the intent of that period becoming the permanent window for the


Sri Lanka in control of first Test, New Zealand on 162 for 5

10 Mar 2023 - 3     - 1324

Sri Lanka were rewarded for a day of disciplined bowling, chipping away at the New Zealand batting and leaving the hosts 193 runs in the red with five first innings wickets in hand at the Hagley Oval


Sri Lanka all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga starts a new innings

09 Mar 2023 - 6     - 5996

Sri Lankan cricketer Wanindu Hasaranga tied the knot at Water’s Edge Hotel, starting a new innings in his life on Thursday.


Trinity rout Royal to record unprecedented wins

09 Mar 2023 - 0     - 3054

Trinity College Kandy achieved an unprecedented double win over Royal College Colombo, recording a six wicket win and qualifying for the semi-final of the Under 19 Inter-School Tier 1 school cricket t


Mendis scores half-century, Sri Lanka on 305 for 6 at stumps on day one

09 Mar 2023 - 2     - 1594

Kusal Mendis scored the fastest fifty by an overseas player in a Test in New Zealand setting up Sri Lanka for a productive opening day in their first Test against New Zealand.


School over country?

08 Mar 2023 - 5     - 4811

Three junior cricketers, who are part of the national Under 19 squad scheduled to travel to the United Arab Emirates for a tri-nation tournament next week, have been given permission to join the team


Shanujan guides St. Benedict’s to semis

08 Mar 2023 - 0     - 223

A knock of 70 by Shanujan Shanmuganathan helped St. Benedict’s College to record a first innings win over Richmond College in the Under 19 Tier ‘A’ Division One inter-school quarter-final encoun


New Zealand stands in way of Sri Lanka’s World Test final quest

07 Mar 2023 - 0     - 299

Despite having an eye on the bigger picture of qualification for the final of the World Championship later this year, Sri Lanka Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne said that his team’s focus, for now at


Wanindu, Lahiru guide Dambulla to tittle victory

06 Mar 2023 - 0     - 295

The spin and pace combination of Wanindu Hasaranga and Lahiru Samarakoon, who together shared nine wickets, paved the way for Dambulla to coast to a comfortable 85-run win over Galle in the National S


Kusal, Oshada score half-centuries in warm-up for New Zealand Tests

04 Mar 2023 - 3     - 2755

Kusal Mendis fell just short of a century and Oshada Fernando retired not out for 78 on the opening day of Sri Lanka’s two-day warm-up match against New Zealand XI at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Linc


Australia into World Test Championship Final; SL’s chance hangs in the balance

03 Mar 2023 - 6     - 2520

Australia’s convincing nine-wicket triumph over India in the third Test has helped them book a place at this year’s ICC World Test Championship Final, but just who joins them in the decider remain


Spinners rule, 14 wickets fall on day one of NSL final

02 Mar 2023 - 0     - 274

The first day’s play of the four-day National Super League final encounter between Dambulla and Galle played at the Galle International Stadium on Thursday turned out to be all about the bowlers as


Murali-Vaas Trophy encounter ends in draw

01 Mar 2023 - 0     - 377

The Inter School Under 19 cricket encounter between St. Anthony’s College and St. Joseph’s College ended in a draw at Katugastota on Wednesday.


Kuhnemann, Khawaja give Australia opening-day advantage

01 Mar 2023 - 0     - 169

Spinner Matthew Kuhnemann’s five-wicket haul and a 60 by Usman Khawaja helped Australia grab the early advantage after they dismissed India for 109 on Wednesday’s opening day of the third Test.


Shammi to seek re-election, Mathivanan opposes SLC ballot under old regulations

28 Feb 2023 - 8     - 2600

Incumbent President of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Shammi Silva will seek re-election to the post at the upcoming SLC elections after handing over his nomination, the Daily Mirror learns.


WATCH: New Zealand beat England by one run in ’crazy’ second Test

28 Feb 2023 - 0     - 379

New Zealand beat England by just one run in a second-Test thriller on Tuesday to draw the series in the most dramatic fashion in Wellington.


Australian women cricketers hailed as among greatest ever

27 Feb 2023 - 0     - 181

Australia’s all-conquering women cricketers were hailed Monday as among the greatest sporting teams the country has ever produced after winning yet another Twenty20 World Cup.