Royal Thomian Masters O50 Annual Encounter in Sydney, Australia 27th January 2020   STC Skipper Richie De Silva receiving the Randy Morrell Trophy from STC OBA NSW Patron Ananda Amaranath Reporting By Doosra The Royal Thomian 2020 Masters cricket match was played on Monday 27th January 2020, the day after Australia Day at the Kareela Reserve, Doonside cricket grounds. This year’s tournament was hosted by Royal. Thomian Captain Richie De Silva lost the toss and were asked to field first on an extremely sunny & humid day. Thomians found the spring in their step when Indy Gunawardhana at point took a catch inches off the ground off Don Jayasinghe’s bowling to send the Royal skipper Opener Neshan Dias packing home for 5 runs in the second over of the day. The other opener Aruna Wickremasinghe was soon shown the exit when Jerome Gasperson repeated the display of how to pluck ...

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The annual cricket game between Sri Lanka Lions Sports Club & Instant Cricketers for the “Non Benders” shield Click here or on the photos below to view the full set of photos on eLanka Facebook page  Click here or on the photos above to view the full set of photos on eLanka Facebook page    The annual cricket game between Sri Lanka Lions Sports Club & Instant Cricketers for the “Non Benders” shield was played on Sunday 10th of November  at  Ollie Webb Reserve, Parramatta, NSW. The game was played under the proposed IPL 2020 changes as widely speculated in the recent sports news section in the media. Ie a squad of 14 were declared as a team instead of the usual 11, at the beginning of the game. If interested in knowing more about IPL changes, check out the link https://www.wisden.com/indian-premier-league/ipl-2020-proposed-tweaks-what-mean. In addition, special rules of 36 overs per team, maximum of only six (6) overs per bowler and a Maximum of 30 runs ...

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