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BEYOND THE CALL OF COACHES – By Capt Elmo Jayawardena Winds of College cricket are blowing right across the island, and Colombo is rocking with the fanfare of trumpets and unfurling flags heralding the ‘Big Match’ fever. Outstations too have their own carnival cricket with the likes of ‘Battle of the Golds’ in Moratuwa, the ‘Mangosteen Match’ of Kalutara plus another 100 such encounters, filling the weekend timetables. People arrive from all parts of the world to participate in this pulsating event. Conversations become rich with cricketing anecdotes. First to broach the subject with me a week ago was Dr Ranjith Amarasekara who batted ‘one down’ in the big match played under the mercurial Michael Tissera. That’s going pretty far back but, interestingly, still in vogue, when talking ‘Big Matches’. Who scored a century and who missed catches are common ‘Royal-Thomian’ chitchat. Who was the ‘Bok-ku man’ that frequently sent ...

Mar 16, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Capt Elmo Jayawardena Tagged "CRICKET, Big Match, Romesh Mendis, Royal-Thomian

Royal-Thomian continues uninterrupted-by Reemus Fernando Source:Island The fact that the historic Battle of the Blues had been played uninterruptedly even during the two World Wars and local insurgencies is something that ‘Royal-Thomian’ enthusiasts cherish so dearly. That uninterrupted status of the annual encounter will be intact when S. Thomas’ under the captaincy of Shalin de Mel and Royal skippered by the former Sri Lanka Under-19 player Ahan Wickramasinghe enter the SSC ground for the 142nd edition of the Big Match today. After the inaugural match was played in 1880, it is the first time the match is played in October as the organizers had to postpone the event twice (May and September) this year due to the Covid 19 pandemic. Except the Royal-Thomian only one other Big Match had been played this year. With no match exposure during recent months, and some players barely having played matches of innings format, ...

Oct 30, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Ahan Wickramasinghe, Anuk Palihawadena, Caniston Gunarathnam, Dan Poddiwela, Dasis Manchanayake, Gishan Balasuriya, Isiwara Dissanayake, Kavindu Pathiratne (V. Capt.), Mahith Perera, Nathan Caldera, Prashan Silva, Rajindu Tilakaratne, Romesh Mendis, Ryan Fernando (V. Capt.), Sadisha Rajapaksha, Sehan Herath, Senesh Hettiarachchi., Sineth Jayawardena, Sonal Amarasekara, Thenuka Liyanage, Yasiru Rodrigo