S.Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia took on Thurstan College, Colombo for a two day match on the 3rd of June, 2022 at the S.Thomas’ College Big Club Grounds. Ryan Fernando, the Thomian captain won the toss and elected to bat first.
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Manchanayake saves the day for Royal in Battle of the Blues draw
Dasis Manchanayake made an unbeaten 53 to pull Royal College out of deep trouble on day 3 of the 141st Battle of the Blues encounter at the Sinhalese Sports Club grounds. After seeing Royal declare on 282, S Thomas’ finished on 127/5 as the game drew to a close.
Manchanayake, playing in his 1st Royal-Thomian, showed absolutely no nerves in the middle, playing a controlled knock, after coming in to bat with the score on 177/6 – Royal still 43 runs away from avoiding the follow-on. The elegant left-hander put on 24 alongside Isiwara Dissanayake before taking the lead in his partnership with Lahiru Madusanka which was worth 67.
Continue ReadingRoyal in trouble after late wickets
S Thomas’ College picked up 4 crucial wickets in the final session of play on day 2 of the 141st Battle of the Blues encounter to leave Royal College in a bit of trouble on 127/4, trailing by 242 runs.
The game was looking like it was heading for a certain draw with the Thomians batting out the 1st session of play to reach 369 before Royal’s openers Kamil Mishara and Kushan Kulasooriya too inexplicably just looked to occupy the crease in the afternoon session of play.
Continue ReadingDe Mel, Fernando star as S. Thomas’ take honours on day 1 of Battle of the Blues
Shalin de Mel (85) and Ryan Fernando (70) propped S. Thomas’ College up on day 1 of the 141st Battle of the Blues encounter as the School by the Sea finished on 271/6 after being sent in to bat by Royal College.
De Mel and opening partner Dilmin Rathnayake survived the all-important first hour of play, despite the best efforts of Kavindu Pathirathne, who got the ball to move early on. The right-arm quick did manage to cause a bit of trouble with the new ball, troubling Rathnayake in particular. Rathnayake was lucky to survive a few streaky shots and was given a life when he was dropped at gully in the 11th over but nevertheless he and his partner de Mel put on a valuable 49-run stand to give S. Thomas’ a steady start.
Continue ReadingAll set for the pinnacle of Schools Big Matches: 141st Royal-Thomian
Sri Lanka’s blue-ribbon schools’ cricket encounter, the ‘Battle of the Blues’, between Royal College and S. Thomas’ College will take center stage for the 141st consecutive year when the teams battle it out for the Rt. Hon. D.S. Senanayake Memorial Shield on the 12th, 13th and 14th of March at the SSC grounds, Colombo.
Continue ReadingRoyal-Thomian Mini Battle ends in draw – STC retains Reid-Gunesekera Shield
The Royal-Thomian 2nd XI encounter, a.k.a. the Mini Battle ended in a draw this evening at Mount Lavinia, after two exciting days of cricket.
Royal College, having won the toss on a typical Mount Lavinia wicket with a tinge of fresh grass on it, had no hesitation in putting the hosts in to bat yesterday morning. The decision seemed justified at first as the Thomian top order struggled to come to terms with the assistance that was provided by the pitch.
S. Thomas’ College 2nd XI vs Royal College 2nd XI- Mini Battle 2020- 6th and 7th March – S. Thomas’ College Big Club Grounds
S. Thomas’ College –(273/8)
Royal College – (37/2)
Royal trail by 236 with 8 wickets in hand
Thenuka Liyanage takes honours with a fighting 157
The first day of the mini battle was held at the Big Club grounds on the 6th of March. The day was mostly spent with the Thomian 1st innings. After winning the toss, the captain of the visiting team opted to bowl first on the pitch. This worked in favour of the bowling side, who took advantage of the early swing on offer. At one point the scorecard read 35 for the loss of 5, with Sonal Amarasekara taking a fourer.
Continue ReadingSTC excel in Diving and Table Tennis
S. Thomas’ College won the 2020 Novices Diving Championship with 127 points, conducted by the Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union (SLASU), defeating arch rivals Royal College earlier today.
Continue ReadingTrinitians overcome Thomians in second-half blitz
Trinity College pulled off a scrappy but deserving victory over St. Thomas’ College as they managed to retain the Canon R. S. De Saram Shield for the 4th year running. Despite the halftime scores reading 07-08 in favor of the Thomians, Trinity managed to finish 17-08 as their opponents were down to 13 and were gifted many opportunities.
Continue ReadingSecond string Thomian XI thrash Full Strength Ananda College at Singer U19 Limited Over Playoff Encounter
In what may well be argued (at least in hindsight) as a master stroke by the Thomian Think Tank, a second string Thomian XI (the Thomian Second XI team) comfortably defeated a full strength Ananda College 1st XI by 4 wickets with 4 overs and 3 balls to spare, to qualify for the Singer Under 19 Limited Overs Pre-Quarterfinal stage in this year’s competition.
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