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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. ...