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When Murali set the course-BY DINESH WEERAWANSA Source:Sundayobserver Flashback 30 years ago: Muttiah Muralidaran of St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota receiving the Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 1991 title from then Housing and Construction Minister, the late B. Sirisena Cooray watched by then Editor-in-Chief of Sunday Observer H.L.D. Mahindapala A big focus on school cricket would naturally come as all schools in Sri Lanka will reopen from tomorrow. Although the schools in all other provinces had already started, schools in the Western Province were closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

Mar 31, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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Royal-Thomian Big Match set for May 6-8 in Hambantota-by Dinesh Weerawansa This year’s Royal-Thomian will be played in Hambantota Source:Dailynews This year’s Royal-Thomian Battle of the Blues cricket encounter will be played on May 6, 7 and 8 in Hambantota. But for the first time in its 142-year-old history, this year’s Big Match will be a closed door affair with the die-hard spectators who will only be able to catch the action via live television coverage. This will be the first time that it is being played outside Colombo as the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Sooriyawewa becomes the ninth venue to host the prestigious encounter. The Royal-Thomian cricket encounter has always been the prime cricket match not only among schools in Sri Lanka but the world over as the only uninterrupted Inter-School cricket match which goes back to 1879. ...

Feb 27, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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When Sri Lanka lost a famous son through dubious selections-BY DINESH WEERAWANSA St. Peter’s College prodigy Rohan Buultjens, who was adjudged Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year in 1981, then and now Source:Sundayobserver One of the promising cricketers of yesteryear who had been unfortunate not to go beyond the pinnacle of school cricket was Rohan Buultjens, who was adjudged Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year in 1981. The brilliant cricketer from St. Peter’s College, Colombo, was only the third cricketer to win the Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year title after Ranjan Madugalle (1979 in the inaugural year) and Arjuna Ranatunga (second winner in 1980), both went on to captain Sri Lanka with distinction. Although Buultjens was outstanding during his school career, he was not able to go beyond that, confining his career only to five first class matches. But it was Buultjens’ extraordinary talent which deprived Ranatunga from going ...

Dec 25, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , ,
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