Tag Archives: Schools Cricket

by AFZAL LAPHIR Antonian skipper Thisara Ekanayake continued his remarkable form of late by notching up his fourth century for the season in the ongoing 1st XI cricket encounter against Wesley College in Colombo. He made 119 in his team’s first innings total of 266/9 declared on the first day …

by Afzal Laphir The Antonians defeated Nalanda College Colombo convincingly by 10 wickets at Campbell Place, Colombo, to register their fifth outright win in 2024 1st XI Cricket season, adding to their successes against Dharmaraja College, Ananda College, St Sebastian’s College, and St Benedict’s College. This was the Antonians’ first …

by Afzal Laphir A narration with statistics and historical perspective put together by Cricket enthusiast, and historian and Old Antonian Afzal Laphir on the 1st XI Cricket encounter played between St. Anthony’s College Kandy and St. Benedict’s College, which has been played as an annual encounter since 1917, though the …

TRINITY-ANTONIAN ENCOUNTERS – A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS Compiled by Afzal Laphir Editores’ Note; Before we break down the numbers of Trinity-Antonian, as presented by Afzal Laphir, here’s a bit of the Cricketing history of Trinity College Kandy and St. Anthony’s College Kandy. Historical data are gathered from the National Archive of …

St. Anthony’s College Vs St. Peter’s College 1st XI Cricket encounter by AFZAL LAPHIR St Anthony’s College Kandy and St Peter’s College Colombo, two of the finest cricket-playing schools in the country, are scheduled to play their traditional two-day game on the 5th and 6th March at Bambalapitiya. The Antonians …

This weekend we will be seeing the blue ribbon Cricket encounter, the mother of all Big Matches returning to SSC with spectators on 16th Thursday onwards (continued till 18th Saturday), played for Rt. Hon. D.S.Senanayake Memorial Shield, the 144th Battle of the Blues. This is Sri Lanka’s only uninterrupted and …

𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐫𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬- 𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬. #𝟏 𝐀𝐫𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐚 By Ravi Irugalbandara First of a series of articles on sporting Legends, a trip down memory lane by Ravi Irugalbandara. A versatile sportsman of 80’s, Ravi captained St. Benedict’s College 1st XI at Cricket (84), Hockey and U 19 Football. …

By Nuwangi Gunawardena Sri Lanka U19’s Tour of England kicked off with the 1st Youth Test at Chelmsford on the 21st of August. The four-day match would mark the first series for the Sri Lankan U19’s since former national cricketer Jehan Mubarak took over as the head coach in March …

JOSEPHIAN DUNITH WELLALAGE SET TO LEAD SRI LANKA U19 IN ODI SERIES AGAINST BANGLADESH U19 By Kiyasha Kohombanwickramage The Sri Lankan U19 team, is set to take on Bangladesh U19, in the upcoming five-match Youth ODI series from the 15th-25th October, at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium. Josephian cricket …

By Lorenz Pereira Eustace Bryan Pereira passed away on 3rd April 2019 at the age of 78, quite unexpectedly, but peacefully, with dignity and with no fuss in keeping with his gentle character and laconic lifestyle. Bryan operated in a by-gone time capsule setting his own agenda, quite oblivious to …