Ryan becomes Thomians’ highest scorer  Source:Island S. Thomas’ College skipper Ryan Fernando became the highest scorer in the history of his school as he scored an unbeaten 252 against Isipatana in the Under 19 traditional match ended in a draw at Mount Lavinia on Saturday.Fernando’s unbeaten knock which came in 334 balls included 25 fours and two sixes. His knock helped the school post 420 for eight wickets declared. He surpassed Bertie Wijesinghe’s record which had stood unchallenged since 1939. According to school officials Wijesinghe scored 235 runs against St. Benedict’s in 1939. That was also the ground record for S. Thomas’. According to Thomian coach Dinesh Kumarasinghe only three First XI cricketers have scored double centuries for Thomians in their 143 year old history. They are Wijesinghe, Ravindu de Silva (against Nalanda in 2019) and Ryan. Ryan who commenced his First Xi cricket in 2019 where they had huge success ...

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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, ...

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